Family Planning Initiative Project
In 2010, Pathfinder launched the Family Planning Initiative with a clear goal: partner with the Ministry of Health to decrease unmet need for contraception and contribute to a reduction in maternal and child death.
When the Family Planning Initiative began, just 26% of married women ages 15-49 in project areas were using contraception. Today, that number reaches 41%. See more amazing results in our photo blog >
With funding from USAID, Pathfinder supported the government of Mozambique to increase demand for and use of family planning and reproductive health services in 16 districts of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, and Cabo Delgado provinces.
The project achieved this through the integration of family planning and sexual reproductive health services into primary health care and HIV services; strengthening youth-friendly services; increasing the capacity of community health agents; and supporting community mobilization, peer education, and faculty and staff training in pre-service institutions.
This work took place in provinces with some of the lowest contraceptive prevalence rates and highest rates of HIV in the country. By integrating family planning into HIV and primary care services, programs minimized costs and maximized opportunities to reach adolescents, men, and women.
Pathfinder trained nearly 7,500 health providers, peer educators, faculty, traditional birth attendants, staff at pre-service institutes, and community health agents. This led to more than 800,000 individuals reached through family planning, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV community health activities since the beginning of the project.
As adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health is a key focus area for Pathfinder and this project, it also achieved more than 50,000 family planning consultations by young people at the project’s youth-friendly sites.
In 2013, Pathfinder launched mCenas! to better reach young people with messages and resources for sexual and reproductive health delivered through a series of text message and stories. Learn more about mCenas!.
Learn more about the Family Planning Initiative in our photo blog >
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