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PMA Data Featured in the Nation by FPNN Fellow and ICFP EXCELL Awardee Angela Okech

PMA Data Featured in the Nation by FPNN Fellow and ICFP EXCELL Awardee Angela Okech

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.

Celebrating Advocacy Successes: Advance Family Planning’s Results Snapshot Now Available

Celebrating Advocacy Successes: Advance Family Planning’s Results Snapshot Now Available

From 2009 to 2023, the Advance Family Planning (AFP) initiative has made significant strides in family planning advocacy, securing vital policy and funding gains. Backed by nearly $100 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, David & Lucile Packard Foundation, and William + Flora Hewlett Foundation, AFP has effectively mobilized and sustained advocacy efforts, amplified advocates’ voices, and spread best practices globally.