Financing and Aid Effectiveness, Reproductive Health Supplies
Budget advocacy is one of the most powerful tools civil society can use to hold governments accountable for commitments made around family planning and reproductive health. PAI sat with Dr. Moses Muwonge, budget expert and author of the 11-Step Budget … Continue Reading
There’s a surprising relationship between sex and alcohol in Guatemala—and no, it’s not what you’re thinking. Since 2004, reproductive health supplies have been paid for by a tax on alcoholic beverages. How did that happen? The simple answer is advocacy. … Continue Reading
Late last month, the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) celebrated their 10th anniversary at their annual partners’ meeting in Mexico City. The coalition is a global partnership of public, private, and non-governmental organizations dedicated to ensuring that all people in low- and middle-income countries can … Continue Reading
Contraceptives and Condoms, Reproductive Health Supplies
In sub-Saharan Africa, 270,000 women die each year due to complications from pregnancy and childbirth. We know access to family planning can reduce this number. Yet for 35 million women in the region, family planning supplies and services remain out … Continue Reading
What if you went to the pharmacy and the person dispensing your medication was not the pharmacist, but an electrician? No, this is not a practical joke. It is the unsettling reality uncovered by Lloyd Matowe, the director of Pharmaceutical … Continue Reading
