“Empowering Parents To Plan Their Families and Overcome Poverty in Pakistan”
In this story, Dr. Ashchenaz Lall, Director of the Christian Hospital Taxila in Punjab, Pakistan explains why women may be reluctant to use family planning in his country. “This is a male dominated society, and women don’t have much power in deciding the number of children they have,”...
Case Studies for Year 2 from the Christian Health Association of Kenya
Faith leaders reach a wide community with family planning advocacy in Kenya
“Family Planning: A Matter of Life and Death for Kenya’s Women” by Reverend Carol Mberia
Reverend Carol Mberia of the Methodist Church of Kenya article on family planning in The Star, a Kenyan newspaper.
“Success Story: Family Planning Use Increases as Religious Leaders Promote Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies”
CCIH worked with the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau in a project supported by USAID’s Advancing Partners and Communities to equip religious leaders in the Anglican Church of Uganda to educate their congregations and communities about family planning. Total new client visits for FP increased by more than 800...