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Setting the Stage for Understanding and Investing in Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health
News Topic: Adolescents & Youth
Unintended Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth
The 2020 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led public health officials to recommend a reduction in routine healthcare services. These services are limited to life-saving and urgent evaluations to limit the spread of infection, protect healthcare workers, and conserve personal protective equipment.
Emergency Contraception is More Important Now – During a Global Pandemic – Than Ever
Young people have often reported challenges in obtaining contraceptives, but those challenges have only been amplified as countries mobilize already-limited health resources to stem the spread of COVID-19, while attempting to sustain basic services, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. As a clinical doctor, I’ve seen the pandemic bring several issues in adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights programming to light, in much starker terms than in normal times.
COVID-19 Updates & Resources from FP2020
This week, our newsletter comes to you from a different perspective. Our names are Yacine, Emma, Samantha, and Sofia, and we are the four youngest members of the FP2020 Secretariat.
Providing Contraception for Young People During a Pandemic Is Essential Health Care
Adolescent and young adult reproductive health care needs are not diminished during pandemics.
Weekly COVID-19 Updates & Resources from FP2020
Family planning is an essential health service, and the need for it does not diminish in a crisis—even as obstacles to health care mount.
Reaching First-Time Parents in the TCIHC-Supported Youth-Friendly Cities of Uttar Pradesh
The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) in India worked strategically through its adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) program to reach first-time parents with informed-choice counseling and modern contraceptive services over a six-month period ending June 2019 in five cities in Uttar Pradesh (Allahabad, Firozabad, Gorakhpur, Saharanpur and Varanasi).
Sierra Leone: Govt Okays Normal Schooling for Pregnant Girls
The Government of Sierra Leone through the Mnistry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has in a press statement dated 30th March, overturned the decision that prevents pregnant girls from attending school.
Newsletter: Updates from the Secretariat
As we continue to move forward, our community is deep in discussions about what the future of Family Planning 2020 will look like.
Study launched on reproductive health of youth
Health information and services that are more accessible to adolescents and young people empowers them to take full advantage of opportunities for education, employment and societal participation.
