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2016
The Advancing Partners & Communities project Strengthening Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services, a collaborative effort between the Government of Sierra Leone, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), launched on April 19th as part of the Post-Ebola Health Sector Recovery in Tonkolili District.
The Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) Project tested whether it was possible to use human-centered design (HCD) to bridge the gap between policy-making and implementation in Tanzania. HCD, originally used in private-sector applications, is gaining traction in global health as a way to stimulate problem-solving for social issues.
The Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) project officially launched the Policy Advocacy Strategic Plan in Bamenda, Cameroon on April 14, 2016.
With the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) and our implementing partners, Advancing Partners & Communities selected 100 health facilities that will benefit from a full package of project interventions. The following maps display the geographical locations of the 20 main facilities and districts that APC serves.
World Health Worker Week is an opportunity to mobilize communities, partners, and policy makers in support of community health workers globally. Join us in celebrating health workers that work through our many grantees working to transform health systems in communities around the world.
Through the Advancing Partners &Communities (APC) project, USAID has given the Dominican Republic’s Institute of Virological Studies (IDEV) the equipment to provide anal pap smear services, diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, HPV, and anal dysplasia, as part of the HIV/STIs package of services.
On Thursday March 17, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and the Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) – Guyana Project held their seventh monthly “Lunch Talk” forum focused on “Women and Workplace Discrimination” as part of a series of activities being held to commemorate International Women’s Day 2016 observed on March 8.
The Eastern Regional Health Services Department celebrated the reopening of the HIV Comprehensive Care Clinic at the Dr. Teófilo Hernández Hospital in El Seibo Province, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, March 15th, 2016. Claudia Allers, Director of the Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) project in the Dominican Republic, led the ceremony with the Regional Director of Health, Dr. José Rodriguéz.
On March 9, 2016, Advancing Partners & Communities in Sierra Leone officially launched the Strengthening Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (RMNCH) Services as part of the Post-Ebola Health Sector Recovery in Western Area project at the Sierra Leone Bank Complex. The project is a collaborative effort between the Government of Sierra Leone and its development partners- the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), Action Contre la Faim, and Save the Children- to improve access to and availability of high-quality health services in the country. The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
In family planning service delivery, when countries attain improvements in key indicators such as contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) we feel proud about those achievements. Yet, within countries that have seen such gains, there are still hard-to-reach populations with exceptionally poor contraceptive use, as well as other health challenges; this is the case for many of the communities in which the Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) project works.
In many places around the world, the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women are tenuous at best, and years of progress can be washed away instantly by socio-political changes. Preserving—or reclaiming— the dignity of girls and women requires continuous efforts, even when it seems like the battle is already won.
Angela De Leon Navarro, the Programmatic Director of the APC project in the Dominican Republic, received recognition on International Women's Day from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) for her commitment as a faculty member at the School of Journalism.
The Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) project in the Dominican Republic shared its thoughts on International Women's Day and the work the remains to be done in order to achieve gender equality.
Join STOP AIDS NOW!, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, and UNAIDS for Communities Deliver: The Critical Role of Communities in Ending The AIDS Epidemic, on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at the Organization of American States. Please RSVP to Simret Teame at teames@unaids.org.
The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals is holding a webinar on emergency contraception this Thursday, February 18 at 1 p.m. EST. The webinar will cover the mechanism of action of different EC methods, safety and side effects.
On February 4, the Advancing Partners & Communities project in Sierra Leone formally launched its work in Bombali District through a half-day kick-off meeting organized under the chairmanship of the District Health Management Team (DHMT), the District Council, and the Council of the Paramount Chiefs.
Thanks to years of impassioned, and data-driven advocacy, the government of Zambia has given authority to scale up community-based distribution (CBD) of injectables to the rest of the country. APC provided the sub-grant to ChildFund Zambia, who contributed to implementing the pilot study, and provided technical assistance for the implementation of Community Based Access to Injectables (CBA2I) activities, including planning the scale-up through a community-based family planning learning site model.
There are many possible benefits to integration in health programs, including cost-effectiveness, increased access to information and services, and more efficient and streamlined care for patients. Integration within communities and across sectors is one way Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) is working to advance community health through two projects implemented by HealthRight Kenya in Marakwet County and World Vision Kenya in Isiolo County.
APC is playing an active role in the 2016 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Nusa Dua, Indonesia from January 25-28. Our members will come together with other experts in the family planning community to share best practices, acknowledge past successes and challenges, and plan for the future.
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