Join us on World Contraception Day 2024 (September 26, 2024) as we kick off the Road to Bogotá campaign—a global movement highlighting the vital role of family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in a world facing multiple crises. Hosted by the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) and the Family Planning News Network (FPNN), this virtual event will feature an exclusive episode of the Pulse of Family Planning with Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng (Dr. T).
Join us for the Art for Advocacy event on September 21, 2024, at the Population Council Office, focused on building trust through arts and storytelling in Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AYSRHR) interventions. Featuring youth leaders, artists, and an interactive panel discussion, this event explores how creative approaches can bridge gaps between implementers and communities.
Join us on September 27, 2024, for a webinar with Dr. Sangeetha Madhavan as she shares groundbreaking findings from Nairobi on the intergenerational impact of kin education. Discover how educational improvements among extended family members lead to greater household food security and accelerated language development in children.
Former William H. Gates Sr. Institute Director Jose "Oying" Rimon II has co-authored the article, “Social and Behavior Change Communication in Sexual and Reproductive Health,” with Dr. Suruchi Sood for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. The...
Celebrating 25 years of scholarship and social change, the WH Gates Sr. Institute at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recently hosted its 2024 Annual Summer Convening. The event brought together global partners and staff, both in-person and virtually, for two days of reflection, strategic discussions, and celebrations.
The William H. Gates Sr. Institute and Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) hosted a webinar unveiling PMA's brand new Survey Training & Learning Resources (STLR) toolkit on Thursday, 25 July 2024 from 8:30 AM ET to 9:15 AM ET. STLR is a curated collection of...
Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) data has been highlighted in an article by Angela Okech, a renowned journalist and former ICFP EXCELL award winner, in the Nation. The article “Population Boom: Is it Africa’s Turn for a Two-Child Limit Policy?” follows the discussions held at Malawi’s 9th African Population Conference. The conference brought together policymakers, researchers, and academics to debate whether African countries should adopt policies to reduce birth rates to replacement fertility levels.
Philip Anglewicz, PhD, MA, has been named the director of the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Anglewicz succeeds Jose “Oying” G. Rimon II, who is retiring after serving as the Institute’s director since 2014. Anglewicz assumed his new role July 1.