“A Message of Thanks from Uganda to the American People”
U.S. support for global health programs are having significant impact across the globe, something that Olivia Nangendo the Human Resources and Administration Manager at St. Stephen’s Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda witnesses first hand. The hospital is owned by the Anglican Church of Uganda in Mpererwe in the Namirembe...
Advancing Family Planning in Last Mile Communities: Voices of Experiences
The USAID-funded Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) project worked with grantee CCIH to conduct a workshop in September 2019 to explore priority gapes in rolling out voluntary family planning and programming in last-mile communities, where access and use remain low; how programs can link the work of community...
Endline Report of the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau Community-Based Family Planning Project
In December 2017, the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) was awarded a one-year cooperative funding agreement from USAID through Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) to implement a project to integrate community-based family planning (FP) into the Anglican Church of Uganda’s health structures and health facilities. Based on available...
Increasing Family Planning Access in Kenya Through Engagement of Faith-Based Health Facilities, Religious Leaders, and Community Health Volunteers
The Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) partnered with health facilities managed by faith-based organizations (FBOs), religious leaders, and community health volunteers to increase access to family planning in western Kenya. FBO-managed health facilities saw large increases in family planning uptake over the 5-year project, particularly for implants.