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Add to Preferred SourcesThe lives of millions of women and girls will be transformed by new sexual and reproductive healthcare programmes led by International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Marie Stopes International (MSI) consortia across Africa and South Asia.
The programmes will launch integrated healthcare expansion in 27 countries and were announced in Kigali at the International Conference on Family Planning today.
The Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) programme is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), to deliver access to life-saving contraception for six million couples per year.
The new programme will accelerate progress towards meeting global commitments on expanding access to contraception made by governments and civil society organizations through the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) movement.
The IPPF and MSI WISH consortia will ensure previously unreached people, especially young and poorer women, are able to access contraception and have the choice of whether, when and how often to have children.
The WISH programme will scale up efforts at country level, expanding reach to millions of new users of sexual and reproductive health services.
The £200 million investment to leading sexual and reproductive health service providers IPPF and MSI is made-up of two individual DFID WISH awards, through consortium arrangements.
Lot 1 is a consortium managed by MSI with 7 of its country programmes and 6 IPPF Member Associations, with a focus on West and Central Africa.
Lot 2 is a consortium managed by IPPF with 16 Member Associations and 8 MSI country programmes with a focus on East and Southern Africa and Asia.
Original source: IPPF
Published on 13 November 2018