Thursday, July 7, 2022
8:30–10:00 EST | 12:30–14:00 GMT | 15:30–17:00 EAT
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Over the past two years, Ministries of Health and organizations have leveraged the Catalytic Opportunity Fund (COF) to make significant contributions to the national introduction and scale-up of DMPA-SC and self-injection. A rapid funding mechanism that supports short-term DMPA-SC scale-up activities that unlock or generate additional resources, the COF is administered by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and managed by the DMPA-SC Operations Group.*
Join the DMPA-SC Learning and Action Network (LAN) on July 7 to learn from successful COF grantees in the DRC, Rwanda, and Zambia, who will share about the impact of their work and key lessons learned. We will highlight considerations for pharmacy and drug shop introduction, recommendations, and lessons from the DMPA-SC Access Collaborative’s experience in Zambia, inroads made by Pathfinder and Tulane university in the DRC, and early insights from Kasha’s last-mile family planning services delivery in
Rwanda.
This virtual discussion will encourage all stakeholders—program implementers, researchers, government officials, health providers, national pharmaceutical societies, and members of civil society—to consider applicable strategies and funding mechanisms for efficient, sustainable, and scalable product introduction across the total market.
This event will be held in English and French with simultaneous interpretation provided.
Moderator
Alain Kabore, Regional Technical Advisor, Francophone region, DMPA-SC Access Collaborative, PATH
Panelists
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Edna Anab, Kenya Health Lead, Kasha, Kenya
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Monica Mutesa, Zambia Country Coordinator, DMPA-SC Access Collaborative, PATH, Zambia
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Dr. Julie Hernandez, Associate professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, USA
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Dr. Rachel Yodi Ashema, DMPA-SC Project Manager, Pathfinder, DRC
We look forward to having you join us virtually. Please register in advance below.
For more information about the DMPA-SC LAN, please email dmpa-sc-lan@path.org.
For more information about the COF, please refer to the COF page and contact cof@clintonhealthaccess.org with additional questions.
*The DMPA-SC Operations Group, convened by the Access Collaborative under the oversight of the DMPA-SC Donor Consortium, is a coordinating mechanism to proactively manage and reactively respond to both operational and service delivery issues arising from efforts to introduce, scale up, and ultimately increase access to DMPA-SC and self-injection.
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