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Today, nearly 900 million women of the 1.9 billion women of reproductive age are using some form of modern contraception. This is a far cry from the mid-1950s when there were not many contraceptive choices and family planning programs were nascent.

By Davina Canagasabey, Senior Technical Advisor—Primary Health Care, PATH  From PATH’s perspective, how does self-care advance universal health coverage (UHC)? PATH prioritizes self-care as a critical component as standing up strengthened and resilient …

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Since 2020, Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) has asked women what they want when it comes to sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH).

Since 2020, Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) has asked women what they want when it comes to sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH).

Download resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) is a global coalition dedicated to expanding the safe and effective practice of self-care so that individuals can better manage their own health, health outcomes are improved, and health systems …

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Download resource In Ethiopia, the health system is challenged by shortage of health workforce, inadequate infrastructure, poor health seeking behavior, shortage of supplies and commodities and inadequate funding. Furthermore, there is also a gap in ac …

Download resource Kenya has witnessed increased impetus towards advancing self­care to support an increasingly informed and engaged public in matters health at a time when innovative advances in health products and technologies are being witnessed with …

Download resource The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) of Nigeria prioritized the development of a self-care guideline as a timely response to the COVID 19 pandemic and a potential route to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). The guidelines dev …

Download resource The purpose of this report is to document and highlight the journey of self-care from inception, progress made, best practices, lessons and challenges attained in the implementation of self-care interventions in Uganda. Resource Types …

National Networks NATIONAL Self-Care networks SCTG National Self-Care Networks contributes to building a coordinated, diverse, and influential self-care movement that is mobilized around common goals and messaging to advance self-care at the national a …

In 2020, Uganda began the process of developing a national self-care guideline for sexual and reproductive health and rights, based on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s guideline on self-care, released in June 2019 and revised in 2022. The WHO guid …

Download resource In 2020, Uganda began the process of developing a national self-care guideline for sexual and reproductive health and rights. The guideline was based on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s guideline on self-care, released in June 20 …

Learning and Discovery Series AboutThe Series Held every two years, the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series (SCLADS) is a highly interactive virtual forum that invites the self-care community to share new knowledge, elevate findings and solutions, …

Download Resource Self-care for health and well-being is increasingly being recognized as a key component of a strong health system. A growing number of countries are taking strides to adapt, adopt, and implement national self-care guidelines, followin …

Download Resource DISC began a formal evaluation of DISC’s SI service delivery impact in 36 participating health facilities in Niger, Lagos, and Oyo states of Nigeria in July 2022, with ongoing data gathering intervals through May of 2023. The evaluati …

Download Resource DISC began a formal evaluation of DISC’s SI service delivery impact in 36 participating health facilities in Niger, Lagos, and Oyo states of Nigeria in July 2022, with ongoing data gathering intervals through May of 2023. The evaluati …

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We know that self-care is an integral part of building resilient and responsive health systems and an important tool for achieving UHC 2030 goals. This year, in order to highlight the connection between self-care and UHC, we collaborated with government leaders, advocates, and implementers from around the world to dig deeper on how self-care can help to achieve each of the eight UHC2030 Action Agenda Areas.

Download Resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) including its Evidence and Learning Working Group (ELWG) is midway through its 2021–2025 strategy. This presents a critical opportunity to reflect on the coalition achievements to date, including …

Download Resource Held every two years, the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series is a virtual learning series that invites the self-care community to share new knowledge, elevate findings and solutions, and forge connections across issues and geogra …

Download Resource Held every two years, the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series is a virtual learning series that invites the self-care community to share new knowledge, elevate findings and solutions, and forge connections across issues and geogra …

Download Resource The São Paulo Declaration on Self-Care for Universal Health Coverage — spearheaded by Ministers of Health, representatives of governments, nongovernmental organizations, private sector representatives, and members of the United for S …

The DISC project has created a buzz around SI through the Discover Your Power Campaign – a digital campaign targeting women of reproductive age in Uganda and Nigeria that reached over 248 million people with SI education messaging. Within a short span of time, Discover Your Power has helped over 443,000 consumers to seek SI services.

Download Resource Delivering innovation in Self-Care (DISC) is a five-year project funded by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation that supports women to assume greater power and control over their sexual and reproductive health by using contracept …

STAR INITIATIVE at ICASA 2023 4 – 9 December 2023 Learn how self-testing is driving a movement towards prevention and resilience.  JOIN STAR AT ICASA 2023 in person or virtually Self-testing has shifted the paradigm for HIV testing. Only eight years ag …

Download Resource Recognizing the contribution to achieve UHC and the SDGs, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being to provide evidence based normative guidance that will support in …

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Download Resource Self-care has been recognized as a mechanism for increasing health system performance by improving access to essential healthcare, expanding coverage to hard-to-reach populations, and reducing the burden of costs associated with provi …

Download Resource The articles included in this bibliography are guided by the definition of self-care described by the WHO: “Self-care interventions refer to evidence-based, quality tools such as medicines, counselling, diagnostics and/or digital tech …

LA SERIE DE APRENDIZAJE Y DESCUBRIMIENTO DE LA AUTOCUIDADO DEL 30 DE OCTUBRE AL 17 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023 ACERCA DE LA SERIE La Serie de Aprendizaje y Descubrimiento de la Autocuidado, que se celebra cada dos años, es una serie de aprendizaje virtual que …

LES RENDEZ-VOUS SAVOIRS ET DÉCOUVERTE SUR L’AUTOSOIN 30 OCTOBRE – 17 NOVEMBRE  2023 À PROPOS DU RENDEZ-VOUS Organisée tous les deux ans, les rendez-vous savoirs et découverte sur l’autosoin est une série d’apprentissage virtuel qui invite la communauté …

Download Resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) is a global coalition dedicated to expanding the safe and effective practice of self-care so that individuals can better manage their own health, health outcomes are improved, and health systems …

Today, nearly 900 million women of the 1.9 billion women of reproductive age are using some form of modern contraception. This is a far cry from the mid-1950s when there were not many contraceptive choices and family planning programs were nascent.

Global health took center stage at this year’s United Nations General Assembly with not just one, but three High-Level Meetings taking place this week: Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response; Tuberculosis; and Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Download Resource The SCTG Evidence and Learning Working Group (ELWG) seeks to generate and synthesize high-quality evidence to support evidence-based sexual and reproductive health (SRH) self-care. This community of practice of over 500 members (65% r …

Health literacy is an essential pre-requisite for effective self-care. Equipping individuals with accurate and actionable health information ensures they are fully empowered in the successful prevention, monitoring and management of their health condit …

The Government of Nigeria has taken a pioneering role in advancing self-care within the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) sector. By developing one of the world’s first national SRH self-care guidelines, Nigeria has laid a strong foundation to promo …

By: Judy Mwangi, Regional Monitoring Advisor, Population Services InternationalOne of the functions of the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) is to ensure the institutionalization of self-care policies and financing at national and subnational levels a …

“I don’t think my baby was given the right medication even after I complained to the nurse” Mrs L.B. recently shared her experience at Epe PHC, Lagos, Nigeria, where she had concerns about her baby’s medication. After contacting another healthcare work …

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) pose a significant threat to women’s health globally, especially in low and middle-income countries.

This year marks the 12th anniversary of the inaugural International Self-Care Day – established by the International Self-Care Federation and now celebrated worldwide.

Download Resource Self-care aims to place users at the center of health systems, supporting equitable access to health services, and improving health system resilience. Because it is often practiced outside of the formal health system, self-care monito …

Download Resource Sexual and reproductive self-care is strongly influenced by the social, cultural, and structural context in which individuals and couples live. Knowledge, attitudes, policies, motivations, access, social norms, and individual agency p …

Download Resource All health systems have a duty to ensure quality care, including when health behaviors and practices take place outside the confines of a facility. As self-care becomes more prevalent and accessible, the quality of this care must be e …

Download Resource The sexual and reproductive health (SRH) field is witnessing a burgeoning array of self-care policies and programs globally, and practical evidence from diverse self-care interventions is beginning to emerge. As momentum around self-c …

Download Resource The number of self-care stakeholders is growing internationally, yet no validated methods exist for evaluating the extent to which countries are institutionalizing and implementing the recommendations of the 2019 World Health Organiza …

Download Resource The ways in which people engage in self-care are changing. Mobile phones, smart phones, internet access, and artificial intelligence offer the potential to increase health access and facilitate self-care for individuals who may otherw …

Let’s Advance Self-Care to Achieve Universal Health Coverage.

STAR INITIATIVE at IAS 2023 23 – 26 July 2023 Learn how self-testing is driving a movement towards prevention and resilience. Self-testing has shifted the paradigm for HIV testing. Only eight years ago, use of HIV self-testing (HIVST) was limited due t …

Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, placing people at the center of care and allowing individuals to be agents of their own health.

2023 Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series 30 October – 17 November 2023 VERSION FRANÇAISE VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL SCLADS HOMEPAGE Click here About SCLADS 2023 The 2023 edition of the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series featured 21 highly interactive …

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Download Resource The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at least 400 million people worldwide lack access to the most essential health services. In 2016, the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 projected a global …

Download Resource The SCTG Evidence and Learning Working Group (ELWG) held its first member meeting of 2023 on April 13th. The meeting detailed key ELWG achievements to date and 2023 priorities – including information on the development and utilization …

Embedding self-care practices into the healthcare continuum has the potential to improve health and quality of life while supporting sustainable health systems.

The Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ESOG) was established in 1992 in response to the Safe Motherhood Initiative as a collective professional expression of concern about the high maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity, and the poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) status in the country.

Globally, crises are becoming increasingly complex and compounded as conflict, infectious disease outbreaks, and climate change exacerbate both their scale and severity. More than 80 million women and adolescent girls need humanitarian assistance and 450 million live in fragile settings.

Injectable contraceptive methods are highly popular in Nigeria. In fact, they represent the most popular category of modern methods used by married couples and 88% of married women are aware of them (NDHS, 2018).

A report launched at a national event held in New Delhi last year showed HIVST is acceptable to key populations and their partners in India.

Self-care is increasingly gaining traction within the global SRH community of practice, particularly as a means of offering women greater autonomy and control over their reproductive health. Since 2020, the Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) pro …

Download Resource FIRST EDITIONThe Sexual and Reproductive Health Self-Care Measurement Tool aims to provide a global standard approach to practical and accurate measurement of sexual and reproductive (SRH) self-care interventions, with a focus on thre …

Self-care approaches and tools offer women more control over their lives.

At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we believe one of the most important ways countries can support individuals, families, communities, and societies is by investing in women’s health. We believe promoting self-care is critical to achieving this vision. That’s why self-care is an important part of the foundation’s family planning strategy and why we are a proud member of the Self-Care Trailblazers Group.

Download Resource In this case study, FPA Sri-Lanka (FPASL), a member association of The International Planned Parenthood Federation, South Asia Region, shares its work on key population interventions that address the prevention, diagnosis, and treatme …

Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) is a five-year project funded by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation implemented by Population Services International in Uganda and Malawi, as well as in Nigeria (in partnership with the Society for Famil …

Download Resource The Measurement Sub-Working Group of SCTG’s Evidence and Learning Working Group (ELWG) convened a meeting of over 70 global experts in measurement of sexual and reproductive health self-care in November. The purpose of the 3-day meeti …

Self-managed abortion has disrupted the idea that medical providers are the only legitimate agents for abortion care delivery, and it contributes to a growing trend towards de-medicalization wherein women and other people who can get pregnant have a central role in controlling their abortion process.

Successful self-care interventions rely on understanding individual motivation. Organizations that can measure how likely the individual will act on their own health priorities are better positioned to serve individuals.

Self-care offers an important and exciting opportunity to ensure access to essential SRHR services across the humanitarian-development nexus.

There can be no self-care “revolution” without access to safe, quality and affordable abortion care: to live freely and to their full potential, women must have access to modern methods of contraception, safe abortion, fertility and maternity care.

Health equity is central to achieving universal health coverage (UHC), which means concerted efforts must be devoted to targeting those who are often left out of the conversation, such as adolescent and young mothers. Safe and effective self-care practices have the potential to improve the equity and efficiency of the health system by allowing each actor to maximize their contribution.

Midwives should embrace and champion self-care because it can help their clients manage their own health, improving access to healthcare and facilitating more effective and efficient deployment of scarce midwifery resources.

Self-care can reduce, and in some cases eliminate, barriers to care by enhancing convenience, privacy, and confidentiality. It can also make it easier for people to seek services and continue prevention and treatment measures when necessary.

The evidence is clear that self-care improves healthcare for the youth and allows them to take control of their health. As we work to achieve UHC, we need to ensure self-care products that meet the needs of youth and adolescents are included because youth are the future, but they also have healthcare needs today.

We know that embedding self-care practices into health systems improves health and quality of life while simultaneously supporting health systems’ sustainability.

Self-testing is an essential part of universal health coverage (UHC) and avital tool to help people learn about their HIV status on their own, offering individuals a pathway to accessing HIV treatment and effective HIV prevention interventions.

Join the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) for the 12 Days of UHC as we celebrate UHC Day 2022 leading up to the High-Level Meeting on UHC led by the United Nations in 2023. SCTG members will share insights and lessons on how self-care can help us build the world we want, progressing toward UHC.

Download Resource Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), a member of the SCTG, has reached millions of young people with sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services overtime, including abortion services via in-per …

Vitala Global Foundation’s mission is to revolutionize sexual and reproductive self-care through co-designed, holistic, and localized digital solutions that meet women and girls where they are, empowering them to be agents of change.

View Resource FP2030 is a global partnership centered solely on family planning – situating family planning at the crossroads of the global health, development, and gender equality agendas.  The SCTG supports FP2030’s guiding principles of co …

View Resource The SCTG joins the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2022 with abstracts, panel discussions and a side event. Click to view our Self-Care at ICFP 2022 Roadmap to see all self-care events taking place at the conference. Be …

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. Airbel Impact Lab is IRC’s research and innovation center, designing, testing, and scaling life-changing solutions for people affected by conflict and disaster.

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Newsletter Archives NEWSLETTERARCHIVES 2021 January 19HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis Testing for Pregnant and Postpartum Women WHO WebinarTime: 15-17:00 CETDetails: Led by the World Health Organization, this webinar will include presentations on deliver …

Events Archives PASTEVENTS 2021 January 19HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis Testing for Pregnant and Postpartum Women WHO WebinarTime: 15-17:00 CETDetails: Led by the World Health Organization, this webinar will include presentations on delivering HIV, HBs …

On-demand contraceptives What is woman-controlled, on-demand contraception? For the first time, there is a robust pipeline of female-controlled, on-demand methods poised for market introduction to meet the needs of a large segment of women and girls wh …

In honor of World Contraception Day 2022, PATH researchers share insights on scale up of DMPA-SC from various pilots and studies.

GHMP is a small Vermont-based nonprofit that creates high-quality teaching videos to help health workers and community members, especially in low-resource settings, learn information and skills that can improve health care and save lives. GHMP has created over 200 unique live-action videos covering topics such as newborn care, childbirth, breastfeeding, nutrition, and family planning.

National Networks NATIONAL Self-Care networks SCTG National Self-Care Networks contributes to building a coordinated, diverse, and influential self-care movement that is mobilized around common goals and messaging to advance self-care at the national a …

National Networks NATIONAL Self-Care networks SCTG National Self-Care Networks contributes to building a coordinated, diverse, and influential self-care movement that is mobilized around common goals and messaging to advance self-care at the national a …

National Self-Care Networks NATIONAL Self-Care networks SCTG National Self-Care Networks contributes to building a coordinated, diverse, and influential self-care movement that is mobilized around common goals and messaging to advance self-care at the …

Market Potential A Case for Investing in On-Demand Contraception Infrequent sex is one big reason why women aren’t using contraception. How might this change if we introduced a woman-controlled, on-demand contraceptive option? Addressing the needs of w …

On-demand contraceptives What is woman-controlled, on-demand contraception? For the first time, there is a robust pipeline of female-controlled, on-demand methods poised for market introduction to meet the needs of a large segment of women and girls wh …

Consumer insights Prepared and in control When it comes to contraceptive options, we’re missing the 150 million women and girls living in low- and- middle-income countries who have infrequent sex and still want to be prepared and in control. These cons …

EVENTS OCT 11 @ 10 am EST WEBINAR INVESTING IN ON-DEMAND CONTRACEPTION On Oct. 11 at 10-11 am ET, join the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Population Services International (PSI) and the Camber Collective for a webinar …

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Her Choice,On Demand. When we invest in on-demand, women-controlled contraception, we’re investing in being #ReadyWhenSheIs. Learn with us.Photo credit IDEO.org No woman left behind. When it comes to contraceptive options, we’re missing the 150 million …

National Networks NATIONAL Self-Care networks SCTG National Self-Care Networks contributes to building a coordinated, diverse, and influential self-care movement that is mobilized around common goals and messaging to advance self-care at the national a …

EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH EVIDENCE AND LEARNING WORKING GROUP The Self-Care Trailblazer Group works to coordinate and broker knowledge generated and accumulated across partners and initiatives in pursuit of the SCTG’s overall objectives. Through its Eviden …

Advocacy ADVOCACY WORKING GROUP The Advocacy Working Group (AWG) leads a global, coordinated advocacy, outreach, and communications effort to foster the introduction and scale-up of self-care interventions within health systems. The AWG aims to grow an …

Research for Scalable Solutions (R4S) systematically reviewed the grey and peer-reviewed literature written on reproductive empowerment and access, acceptability, use or intention to use contraceptive self-care.

The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFSMA) is one of the oldest and biggest student-led organizations in the world and unites 1.3 million medical students from 130 countries. The IFMSA works in Public Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Human Rights and Peace, Medical Education and Students’ Exchanges and champions advocacy on health equity and meaningful youth engagement.

Could it be that contraceptive convenience plays a much bigger role in method satisfaction than we thought? Have we underestimated how much women are willing trade off other method characteristics (e.g., side effects) for increased convenience? If convenience really has that much influence on discontinuation, perhaps we need to rethink what we think we know about discontinuation.

New Steering Committee member Ipsa Agnani (she/her), a young feminist and development practitioner from India, answers questions about her expertise and passion for self-care.

Camber Collective works globally across various sectors but engages in a significant portion of its work in global health specifically, the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and family planning (FP) space. Camber has been working on projects in the Global South-related to SRH, FP, and self-care for more than 10 years.

version française versión en español Since the inception of the SCTG, self-care champions have shared that one of the greatest challenges facing advocates is that too few people understand what self-care is and the valuable role it plays within univers …

Download Resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group Brochure defines self-care and explains why the need for self-care is so great, and the transformative power of self-care. This tool also shares information about the SCTG, what we are doing to address …

Download Resource This messaging framework is designed to help advocates, resource mobilizers, and communications professionals make the case to influencers, policymakers, and leaders to prioritize self-care, as an essential approach to increasing acce …

Télécharger Ce cadre d’elaboration des messages est conçu pour aider les défenseurs, les mobilisateurs de ressources et les professionnels de la communication à convaincre les acteurs influents, les décideurs et les dirigeants de donner la priorité a l …

Télécharger Cette infographie illustre la relation entre la promotion de l’auto-soin et le renforcement des systèmes de santé pour tous. L’infographie vise à établir le lien entre l’auto-soin et le couverture sanitaire universelle, à montrer comment l’ …

Télécharger La Foire aux questions (FAQ) fournit des réponses aux questions les plus courantes sur l’auto-soin et le mouvement qui y est associé. La FAQ partage des informations sur l’auto-soin, le mouvement et le travail que nous effectuons au sein du …

Télécharger L’auto-soin peut signifier des choses différentes selon les personnes. Les termes courants en matière de l’auto-soin ont été élaborés pour que les champions de l’auto-soin disposent d’un ensemble commun de termes et d’un langage partagé lor …

Télécharger Ce modèle de note de politique fournit aux défenseurs des droits au niveau national le modèle d’une note de politique sur l’amélioration de l’auto-soin à la lumière de la pandémie de COVID-19. Ce modèle contient des informations sur l’auto- …

Télécharger La dépliant du Self-Care Trailblazer Group définit l’auto-soin et explique pourquoi le besoin en matière de l’auto-soin est si grand, ainsi que son pouvoir transformateur. Cet outil fournit également des renseignements sur le SCTG, ce que n …

Descargar Este marco de comunicación está diseñado para ayudar a los defensores, movilizadores de recursos y profesionales de la comunicación a convencer a las personas influyentes, a los responsables políticos y a los líderes para que den prioridad al …

Descargar Esta infografía ilustra la relación entre el fomento del autocuidado y el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de salud para todos. El objetivo de la infografía es establecer la conexión entre el autocuidado y la cobertura sanitaria universal, abo …

Descargar Las Preguntas Frecuentes proporcionan respuestas a las preguntas más comunes que la gente tiene sobre el autocuidado y el movimiento de autocuidado. Las preguntas frecuentes comparten información sobre el autocuidado, el movimiento y el traba …

Descargar El autocuidado puede significar diferentes cosas para diferentes personas. Los términos comunes de autocuidado han sido desarrollados para asegurar que los defensores tengan un conjunto  de términos en común y un lenguaje compartido al hablar …

Descargar Esta plantilla  de resumen de política proporciona a los defensores de los países el modelo de un resumen  de política sobre la ampliación del autocuidado a la luz de la pandemia de COVID-19. La plantilla contiene información sobre el autocui …

Descargar El folleto del Self-Care Trailblazer Group  define el autocuidado y explica por qué es tan necesario y el poder transformador del autocuidado. Esta herramienta también comparte información sobre el SCTG, lo que estamos haciendo para abordar l …

Leaders across the world, including doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and others are leveraging technological platforms to reach and influence Pakistani students and young graduates in advancing self-care.

There is no single, perfect contraceptive method for all. Contraceptive users have preferences and needs that are varied, unique and personal. Access to a range of options, however, has been shown to increase overall contraceptive use by ensuring that each person is able to find a method that works best for them.

STAR INITIATIVE at AIDS 2022 29 july – 2 august Learn how HIV Self-Testing is driving a movement towards prevention and resilience.Self-testing has shifted the paradigm for HIV testing. Only seven years ago, use of HIV self-testing (HIVST) was limited …

Download Resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) supports civil society organizations in several countries to help create an enabling policy environment for self-care, while also serving as “learning centers” for self-care advocacy. This case s …

This technical brief explores measurement of sexual and reproductive health self-care programs and policies, which is critical for strengthening evidence-based decision-making.

ABOUT US Established in November 2018 with support from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) was formed to support governments in institutionalizing self-care i …

This technical brief explores measurement of sexual and reproductive health self-care programs and policies, which is critical for strengthening evidence-based decision-making.

Download Resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) supports civil society organizations in several countries to help create an enabling policy environment for self-care, while also serving as “learning centers” for self-care advocacy. This case s …

English Version version française Desde la creación del Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG), los defensores del autocuidado han compartido que uno de los mayores retos a los que se enfrentan es que muy pocas personas entienden lo que es el autocuidado y …

English Version versión en español Depuis la création du SCTG, les champions de l’auto-soin ont partagé le fait que l’un des plus grands défis auxquels sont confrontés les défenseurs de la cause est que trop peu de gens comprennent ce qu’est l’auto-soi …

version française versión en español Since the inception of the SCTG, self-care champions have shared that one of the greatest challenges facing advocates is that too few people understand what self-care is and the valuable role it plays within univers …

This piece was originally featured on the Population Services International blog. By Daniel Crapper, Madagascar Country Representative, PSI. While 0.3% of Madagascar’s population aged 15-49 lives with HIV, the number of HIV cases is on the ri …

Download Resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) supports civil society organizations in several countries to help create an enabling policy environment for self-care, while also serving as “learning centers” for self-care advocacy. This case s …

SHIPS is piloting an insight driven campaign that positions HIVST as part of HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health.

Mozambique Country Context According to the World Malaria Report 2022, Mozambique was one of the four countries in the African Region with more malaria cases reported globally. The entire country is considered to be at risk for malaria, but transmissio …

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Cote d’Ivoire Country Context Malaria prevalence is highly variable across the country, from 3% prevalence in Abidjan to over 60% prevalence in the West and Southwest Regions. According to the World Malaria Report 2019, there was an increase in the rep …

Benin Country Context Endemic in Benin, malaria is the leading cause of consultation (45%), hospitalization (32%) and mortality (15%) in health facilities, according to the 2021 Health Statistics Yearbook. Among infants under one year of age, the incid …

[PlusProjectMap] Where we work Focus Countries Plus Countries Benin CameroonCote d’Ivoire MozambiqueGhanaDRCZambia

Partner Perspectives BeninDr. William Houndjo Dr. William Houndjo, Head of Chemoprevention Department, NMCP, has been an active participant in Plus Project activities since taking on his role as the NMCP focal point for the project. From his attendance …

cameroon Country Context Endemic throughout the country, malaria is a major public health threat in Cameroon. The 2021 World Malaria Report shows a gradual increase in the number of malaria cases reported, from 1.6 million to 2.8 million cases, as well …

The Research for Scalable Solutions project is conducting implementation science research to answer priority family planning questions that will strengthen programs and policies on self-care, High Impact Practices, and equity.

Leaders across the world, including doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and others are leveraging technological platforms to reach and influence Pakistani students and young graduates in advancing self-care.

APPROACHES 01 Co-Design At the start of the Plus Project, the country specific models of PMC were not yet designed, but instead were developed through a country-led co-design process completed in late 2021 for Benin, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire and for …

THE PLUS PROJECT REDUCING MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY DUE TO MALARIA AND ANEMIA IN CHILDREN UNDER 2 About the project The Plus Project is a 4.25-year Unitaid-funded project that will co-design, pilot, and evaluate country-adapted models of Perennial Malari …

This was an opportunity for Self-Care Trailblazers to come together and look back on their experiences, lessons learned, and achievements in 2021– and forward to 2022 and beyond.

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin As Executive Director of the Reproductive Health Network Kenya (RHNK)—the newest SCTG National Self-Care Network—Nelly Munyasia is well versed in the global fight for reproductive justice. On March 2 …

We asked frontline workers, health workforce experts and advocates to share why self-care matters to them—and to their clients.

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Banner Photo Description: L to R, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Minister for Health, Resident Representative UNFPA Nigeria, Commissioner for Health Cross Rivers State along with r …

RHNK network providers and youth peer providers during a community engagement on DMPA -SC

How “Self-Injection Ambassadors” across Africa are expanding contraceptive access and choice for women and girls This post was originally featured on the PATH blog.By Bonnie Keith, Beth Balderston and Megan Shawcross, PATH.Introducing and scaling up an …

 The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) is excited to announce we will be hosting our Second Annual Member Summit. Don’t miss out on an engaging event that will spotlight accomplishments in self-care over the last year. Self-care experts will examine t …

Amid a global pandemic, people around the world have learned to adapt from in-person meetings and trainings to more nimble and flexible digital platforms—and healthcare providers are no exception. COVID-19 restrictions forced organizations to reimagine …

Meet Tina: she’s the friend that every woman needs—she is discreet, available whenever necessary and gives advice tailored to your needs. And she’s a virtual companion who provides easy access to sexual and reproductive health information. Accessible t …

 Digital Self-care Delivery for Women of Reproductive Age in Sub-Saharan AfricaOver 800 women die every day in pregnancy and childbirth globally, according to the World Health Organisation. In Nigeria specifically, UNICEF’s data shows a maternal mortal …

View Resource Sexual and reproductive self-care is strongly influenced by the social, cultural, and structural context in which individuals and couples live. Social and behavioral determinants including health literacy, motivation, agency, social norms …

Download Resource On April 7th 2021, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group held their very first community forum, led by youth for youth. Young people (those under 30 years old) shared their perspectives on the role of self-care and the promise it holds in a …

SENEGAL NATIONAL SELF-CARE NETWORK The Senegal National Self-Care Network was established in October 2019 to coordinate self-care advocacy at the national level in order to transform the healthcare system and place autonomy, power, and control in the h …

NIGERIA NATIONAL SELF-CARE NETWORK The Nigeria National Self-Care Network was established in October 2019 to coordinate self-care advocacy at the national level in order to transform the healthcare system and place autonomy, power, and control in the h …

Evidence Workstreams PREVIOUS AND ONGOING EVIDENCE WORKSTREAMS DIGITAL SELF-CARE FRAMEWORK Purpose: Provide practical guidance for effectively designed, implemented and researched digital health in support of self-care addressing 4 key domains: account …

Country Advocacy Working Group The Country Advocacy Working Group (CAWG) aims to grow and provide a community of and for individuals and organizations who are working, or interested in working, to advance self-care through policy, programmatic, and pub …

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The SCTG Executive Committee advises on the SCTG’s overarching structure, functions, and governance, and consists of representatives of the Coalition Steering Committee and the Program Advisory Committee.The Executive Committee meet …

STRATEGY & TERMS OF REFERENCE Strategic Plan 2021-2025 The Self-Care Trailblazer Group’s work is guided by a Strategic Plan that outlines its vision, goals, and objectives for the five-year period from January 2021 through December 2025. It reflect …

PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Program Advisory Committee (PAC) advises on the SCTG’s programmatic functions in the logic framework. It is made up of donors supporting the SCTG, chairs of the SCTG working groups, and designated leads for each National …

Self-care presents an opportunity to strengthen overstretched health systems by offering delivery efficiencies while placing people at the center of its design. Countries around the world are recognizing this potential, many of whom are adopting and ad …

GLOBAL ADVOCACY & COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP The Global Advocacy & Communications Working Group (GAC) leads a coordinated advocacy, outreach, and communications effort at the global and regional levels to support a joint advocacy strategy for the …

SELF-CARE FOR UHC ADVOCACY TOOLKIT The SCTG is launching tools aimed to equip self-care champions with the resources they need to effectively advocate for the inclusion of self-care in health systems and universal health coverage (UHC).  The toolk …

Download Resource The Self-Care Trailblazer Group Brochure defines self-care and explains why the need for self-care is so great, and the transformative power of self-care. This tool also shares information about the SCTG, what we are doing to address …

Download Resource This Policy Brief Template provides country-level advocates with the template of a policy brief on Scaling Up Self-Care in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The template contains information on self-care and the impact it can have on he …

Download Resource Common Self-Care Terms have been developed to ensure self-care champions have a common set of terms and a shared language when talking about self-care. The definitions focus on how people practice self-care and are aligned with the Wo …

Download Resource The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) provides answers to the most common questions people have about self-care and the self-care movement. The FAQ shares information about self-care, the movement, and the work we’re doing at the SCTG. …

Download Resource This infographic illustrates the relationship between advancing self-care and strengthening health systems for all. The infographic aims to make the connection between self-care and UHC, address how self-care can help address many of …

Download Resource This messaging framework is designed to help advocates, resource mobilizers, and communications professionals make the case to influencers, policymakers, and leaders to prioritize self-care, as an essential approach to increasing acce …

By Kimberly Whipkey, White Ribbon Alliance; Elesha Kingshott, Global Advocacy and Communications Consultant; and Stephanie A. Kim, Population Services InternationalAs we rang in 2022, the world still found itself in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, …

View Resource The purpose of this guideline is to provide evidence based normative guidance that will support individuals, communities and countries with quality health services and self-care interventions based on primary healthcare strategies, compre …

By Sandy Garçon, Senior Communications Manager, Population Services International and Co-Chair, Global Advocacy and Communications Working Group, Self-Care Trailblazer Group Less than a decade ago, the idea that most countries in the world would commit …

Back in April, three self-care youth advocates got together to host a podcast on the importance of self-care advocacy. Eight months later, we’re checking in with our youth leaders to explore what they’ve been up since and the role they’re playing to ma …

Download Resource White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) and the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) developed Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series (2021): Insights that Ignite, a report that collates powerful content across the 16 self-care sessions at the Dis …

By Farmata Seye, Program Associate, Self-Care project, PATH, Senegal; and Ida Ndione, Senior Program Officer, Noncommunicable Diseases, PATH, Senegal The urgency of centering people as advocates for their own health has never been greater as health sys …

By Karin Hatzold, Associate Director & Project Director, HIV, PSIThe impact of COVID-19 on HIV services is of particular concern in sub-Saharan Africa  COVID-19 has overwhelmed health systems in many countries and lockdowns have disrupted access to …

Haley Millet, Advocacy and Program Manager, Days for Girls International This year on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of good health and wellbeing for all by 2030 may feel formidable — especially i …

Authors: Erin Wheeler (IRC), Roopan Gill (Vitala Global), Hannah Tappis (Jhpiego), Angel M. Foster (University of Ottawa), and Andrea Edman (IAWG/IRC)*All authors are members of the Inter-agency Working Group for Reproductive Health in Crisis (IAWG)In …

The importance of empowered individuals and communities is often missing when we talk about health systems. The primary healthcare momentum built up following the signing of the Alma Ata Declaration in 1978 did not quite manage to break this mold, part …

Author(s): Roopan Gill MD MPH (Vitala Global Foundation), Genevieve Tam MD MSc (Vitala Global Foundation) Digital self-care has the potential to bridge gaps between the formal and community based models of service delivery for sexual and reproductive h …

The Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) is a partnership established in 2016 that works with governments on financing strategies for primary and community health systems that operate at scale and are financially sustainable over time. To learn more abo …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin The world has committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. But with half of the world’s population currently without access to essential health services, meeting that goal will be …

By Marielle Hart and Nienke Westerhof  Why now?  Self-care has never been more relevant than now, as health systems around the world are overwhelmed by COVID-19. Governments have increasingly stepped up self-care and digital health interventi …

SECRETARIAT Our roles and responsibilities The Secretariat supports the coalition-building  functions of the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) – including operations, administration, communications, outreach, and global advocacy as well as deliverable …

Q1: What motivated you to take on the role of Secretariat Director with the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG)?The role of Secretariat Director of the SCTG is within my portfolio as Senior Technical Advisor, Self-Care at Population Services Internation …

STAR INITIATIVE at ICASA 2021 6-10 DECEMBER 2021 Learn how HIV self-testing can help us achieve the UNAIDS global 95-95-95 targets and advance us towards a generation without AIDS in Africa JOIN STAR @ ICASA 2021 Despite decades of progress, an estimat …

events upcoming Events Our Past Events 2024 Conferences Webinars Lessons from Hepatitis C Self-Testing Research and ImplementationIn 2022, the WHO estimated that 58 million people were living with chronic hepatitis C (HCV), yet only 26% were aware of t …

After three years, founding Secretariat Director of the Self-Care Trailblazer Group, Sandy Garçon is stepping down. We sat down with him recently to get his thoughts on five big questions. Here’s what he had to say.Q1: How has the Self-Care Trailblazer …

This post was originally featured on the Knowledge Success site.What is self-care?Individual rights and choice have always been fundamental to the practice of family planning, especially the right to make and act on informed decisions about using contr …

By Dr. Joanne Peter, Director, Social Innovation, Johnson & JohnsonIn 2021, it’s hard to remember a time when going into the physical branch of a retail bank to engage with a teller was commonplace. Starting with ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) an …

View Resource Library This resource library has been developed to provide comprehensive information on DMPA-SC evidence, country introduction experiences, service delivery and advocacy tools, and more for global- and country-level family planning imple …

By Katie Anfinson, Technical Advisor II and Tihut Mulugeta, Project Advisor DMPA-SC Self-Inject, PSI Ethiopia This piece was originally featured on the A360 blog. Imagine a world in which every girl has access, privacy, safety and agency to m …

For this month’s spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on Profamilia, Colombia’s longest-standing, non-governmental organization that provides, protects, and advocates for sexual and reproductive rights and services. Learn more from Ma …

By Angelique Mugirente, Program Officer, Jhpiego, Nanuka Thapa, Senior Program Officer, Jhpiego, Vusi Ndaba, Project Officer, Jhpiego, Yvonne Delphine Nsaba-Uwera, University of Rwanda School of Nursing and Midwife. In collaboration with the Self-Care …

Much of the past research on self-injection of the contraceptive DMPA-SC focuses on how best to integrate self-injection into health services—as well the feasibility and safety of the product. While these are certainly important considerations, limited …

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View Infographic Organized by the White Ribbon Alliance on behalf of the Self-Care Trailblazer Group, the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series brought together advocates, health providers, government representatives, implementers, journalists, commu …

Download Resource DISC’s Insight Synthesis Report distills over a year of programmatic research findings, looking at self-injection (SI) from a user journey perspective to analyze what drives consumer and provider decisions and attitudes. Read this pit …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin This piece was originally posted on the Menstrual Hygiene Day blog. Key insights from a session organized by Days for Girls, WASH United, MIET Africa in collaboration with the Global Menstrual Collec …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin A SPOTLIGHT ON SCTG COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER MEGAN CHRISTOFIELDThe Coalition Steering Committee advises the Secretariat and provides oversight of SCTG coalition functions, ensuring a stron …

Visit Resource Advance Family Planning has developed a new tool that helps identify self-care advocacy opportunities. The Advocacy Entry Points for Self-care in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights tool is intended to help advocates identify the m …

While upfront investments in demand generation are necessary in any new product introduction, a static approach may not be enough to drive changes in behavior. Real-time data on consumer engagement with digital content provides an opportunity to learn …

From the outset, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) consolidated guidance on self-care acknowledges “[t]he principle of autonomy, expressed through free, full and informed decision-making” as particularly relevant in the context of self-care for sex …

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This piece was originally published on the Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) blog.By Alexandrina Nakanwagi, DISC Project Lead“It starts with yourself.”—Mom, KadunaWomen have self-managed their reproductive health needs for decades, including th …

“It starts with yourself.”—Mom, Kaduna Women have self-managed their reproductive health needs for decades, including through the use of contraceptive pills. Contraception has been, and remains, key in women’s ability to pursue life goals, including th …

July 24th is International Self-Care Day, an annual opportunity to spotlight the value of self-care practices, and the approaches people use every day to prevent illness and maximize their health. This day was established in 2011 to raise awareness of …

A Spotlight on Our Youth PartnersFor our July spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is highlighting two of our youth partners, Grassroot Soccer, an adolescent health organization that helps young people overcome their greatest health challenges th …

“There can be no gender equality without bodily autonomy and sexual and reproductive health and rights. But there can be no bodily autonomy and SRHR without gender equality,” said UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. At the recent Genera …

English Version Version Française Versión en Español This is a summary of the Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria National Guideline on Self-Care for Sexual, Reproductive, and Maternal Health prepared by the Self-Care Trailblazer Group. It is not an off …

Like most global health initiatives, when COVID-19 mushroomed into a worldwide emergency last year, Delivering Innovations in Self-Care (DISC) had to adapt to a set of new and unique needs. Early estimates suggested that millions of …

IAS 2021 IAS Conference on HIV ScienceJoin the STAR Initiative and thousands of HIV professionals at this conference to learn critical advances in basic, clinical and operational research. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has shifted the paradigm for HIV testi …

By Andrea Cutherell, Dr. Austen El-Osta, Dr. Sarah Onyango, and Kasey Henderson Countries around the world are advancing self-care policy and practice to strengthen accountable and responsive health systems and to support universal health coverage (UHC …

Download Resource In 2020, the Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) at Imperial College London was commissioned by the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) to develop a first of its kind, pragmatic self-care policy and practice mapping tool. The purp …

On Tuesday, June 29th, WASH United, Days for Girls International, and MIET AFRICA in collaboration with the Global Menstrual Collective will be hosting a virtual session at the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series, “Exploring the role of supportive …

A SPOTLIGHT ON SCTG COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER AISSATOU THIOYE The Coalition Steering Committee advises the Secretariat and provides oversight of SCTG coalition functions, ensuring a strong value proposition for members that is supportive of t …

A SPOTLIGHT ON SCTG COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER AUSTEN EL-OSTA The Coalition Steering Committee advises the Secretariat and provides oversight of SCTG coalition functions, ensuring a strong value proposition for members that is supportive of th …

our work Photo Story Over the past decade, great progress has been made in expanding HIV testing services. Yet in 2019, there were still 8.1 million people with HIV unaware of their HIV positive status. To meet the global 95-95-95 targets, there must b …

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On June 7th, Self-Care Trailblazer Group members hosted a side event on the margins of the UN High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS. This event placed a spotlight on how to scale up existing self-care and digital health interventions as we rethink the cur …

Les Rendez-vous Savoirs et Découverte sur l’Autosoin Du 24 juin au 27 août 2021 ENGLISH VERSION VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL À propos de la série de rendez-vous Les Rendez-vous Savoirs et Découverte de l’Autosoin constituent un forum virtuel très interactif où l …

Serie de Aprendizaje y Descubrimiento de la Autoasistencia 24 de junio – 27 de agosto 2021 ENGLISH VERSION VERSION FRANÇAISE Acerca de la Serie La Serie de Aprendizaje y Descubrimiento de la Autoasistencia es un foro virtual muy interactivo, en el que …

Today, in Uganda, a woman can walk into a drug shop and, after training, walk out with a nine-month supply of contraceptives that she can self-inject in the privacy and comfort of her own home. For women all over the country, this is good news. In Ugan …

Events Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series 🕑 24 June 2021 to 27 August 2021 📍 Online Event Mark your calendars! The inaugural SCTG Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series will be taking place from 24 June – 24 July 2021. With 12 eng …

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A Spotlight on SCTG Coalition Steering Committee member Milka DinevThe Coalition Steering Committee advises the Secretariat and provides oversight of SCTG coalition functions, ensuring a strong value proposition for members that is supportive of the SC …

With more than 1 billion youth—people between the ages of 15 and 24— around the world, the obstacles that they face while accessing health services are great. Limited educational resources and a lack of access to digital health content make gaining kno …

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MOMENTUM will harnesses the potential of the private sector in mixed health systems, by strengthening the supply and demand to expand access to and use of evidence-based, high-quality health information, products, business skills and services offered b …

The project provides technical support in the areas of public-sector malaria interventions, including mobile clinics; private sector FP, Maternal and Child Health, malaria, nutrition and gender based violence interventions; implementation of effective …

We are delighted to formally welcome and introduce the eight new members of the SCTG Coalition Steering Committee. But first, we want to express our deepest appreciation for the stellar partners—Martha Brady, Holly Burke, Janet Holt, Kristy Kade, Pierr …

A SPOTLIGHT ON TRANSFORM HEALTHExpanding the use of digital self-care to reach UHCFor this month’s spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on Transform Health, a global coalition of organisations and individuals committed to achieving Un …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin By Sandy Garçon, Head of SCTG Secretariat and Kasey Henderson, SCTG Secretariat MemberAs the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, we have seen our already stretched health systems face additiona …

As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, we have seen our already stretched health systems face additional strains under the pandemic with millions of individuals unable to access care.Self-care interventions, while not new,  are among the most …

Country Engagement The Self-Care Trailblazer Group supports the emergence of National Self-Care Networks (NSN), working to advance self-care in their respective countries.SCTG National Self-Care Networks contributes to building a coordinated, diverse, …

It’s a scene right out of a movie: a hair salon where amidst manicures, pedicures, hair dryers and straighteners, women chat freely about things that matter to them; or a group of men at the barbershop cracking jokes and laughing, talking through a myr …

2021 Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series 24 June – 27 August 2021 VERSION FRANÇAISE VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL SCLADS HOMEPAGE about sclads 2021 The first edition of the Self-Care Learning and Discovery Series featured 16 virtual sessions organized by dive …

By Ida Ndione, Senior Program Manager, PATHBanner Image: Gabe Bienczycki, PATH« Je veux pouvoir gérer ma santé même quand je ne peux pas voir un prestataire de soin », ou la valeur ajoutée de l’autosoin.On pourrait énumérer les innombrables avantages q …

Download Resource This document outlines the first strategy of the SCTG and covers the five-year period from January 2021 through December 2025. It reflects a new phase for the SCTG, when evidence, policies, and practices to advance self-care are poise …

COVID has changed life as we know it. One thing, however, has remained constant: women and girls’ health priorities do not pause for a pandemic. Responding to their needs, their way is as urgent as ever. Amidst COVID-19, the barriers between women and …

It might seem obvious that the development of sexual and reproductive health options, including self-injectable contraceptives, should be centered around women’s needs and wants. You might assume that a woman would be provided with many options and tha …

Self-care Community forum series When individuals are given the opportunity to become active agents in their health, this leads to improved health outcomes and helps achieve universal health coverage. Self-care has the potential to transform healthcare …

English Version Version Française Versión en Español This case study summarizes how the FMOH in Nigeria and the MOH in Uganda pioneered national guidelines for self-care in 2020 – among the first national self- care guidelines in the world – as the fir …

Download Resource Population Services International (PSI) and a consortium of organizations under the auspices of the Self-Care Trailblazers Working Group have developed a Quality of Care Framework for Self-care aligned with th …

English Version Version Française Versión en Español Self-care, while not a new concept or term, has received greater attention and relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic as an innovative approach to reduce pressure on strained health systems, empower …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin A SPOTLIGHT ON WRAPutting communities at the center of global, national, and local efforts to advance self-careFor this month’s spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on the White Rib …

Download Resource This study explored experiences of selecting and utilizing a newly introduced contraceptive – the progesterone vaginal ring (PVR) – among women seeking a contraceptive method in 3 African capital cities (Abuja, Nairobi, and Senegal). …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Chers collègues,Merci d’avoir rejoint le premier sommet annuel des membres du Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) le 18 février 2021.Plus de 180 participants de 39 pays et de 75 organisations différen …

My mother raised me to believe that I am in charge of my own life, including my sexual and reproductive health. So, when at the age of 12 I decided that I would have four children, I made a plan to do just that. As I continued with my education, my car …

Become a member of the SCTG On 18 February 2021, more than 180 participants across 39 countries and from 75 different organizations tuned in to our inaugural Annual Member Summit to hear about upcoming opportunities and exciting changes happening withi …

A SPOTLIGHT ON YLABSDESIGNING PROGRAMMING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, NOT FOR THEMTo kick off our 2021 membership spotlight series, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on YLabs, a team of physicians, designers, economists, developers, public health prof …

By Raveena Chowdhury, Head of Integrated Service Delivery at MSI Reproductive Choices.At MSI Reproductive Choices, for over 40 years, we have remained committed to de-medicalizing reproductive healthcare and putting choice in the hands of our clients. …

Download Resource LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2020 (UPDATED JANUARY 2021) AND IMPLEMENTED IN NIGERIA AND UGANDA BY POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (PSI), POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL UGANDA, AND THE SOCIETY FOR FAMILY HEALTH, THE FIVE-YEAR DISC PROJECT …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Not without FP Forum, hosted by the International Conference on Family Planning, will have a virtual community dialogue on universal health coverage (UHC) and Covid-19 on February 2nd and 3rd. Sessio …

By Precious Mutoru, Advocacy and Partnerships Coordinator, PSI UgandaEarlier this month, I spoke with Dr. Livingstone Makanga, Assistant Commissioner Reproductive and Infant Health Division at Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MoH), to talk about sexual and …

As we come to the close of the year, it’s incredible to think the end of 2020 is upon us. From a global pandemic to economic uncertainty and heightened social and political tensions, this year has brought a number of “unprecedented challenges” into eve …

A SPOTLIGHT ON FHI 360A 360-DEGREE APPROACH TO HEALTH CAREFor this month’s spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on FHI 360, an international nonprofit working to improve health in over 60 countries worldwide. Learn more from Steering …

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Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Download Resource LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2020 AND IMPLEMENTED IN NIGERIA AND UGANDA BY POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (PSI), POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL UGANDA, AND THE SOCIETY FOR FAMILY HEALTH, THE FIVE-YEAR DISC PROJECT AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THA …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build …

On this year’s World AIDS Day, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) kicks off our 12 Days of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) from 1 to 12 December 2020 . The connection between ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic and ensuring health for all are inextricably …

Join the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all and protect everyone.Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is p …

Twenty-one-year-old Winifred Buhari loves chocolate and traveling and is about to start her studies in computer science — interests that are not unusual for a young girl her age. But unlike many of her peers in Nigeria, Winifred has an open and transpa …

As a woman, deciding whether to use contraceptives, and which ones to use, has always been a deeply personal and ideally, a private decision. I distinctly remember the pharmacist who loudly verified my age as I pointed, blushing, at the “Plan B” emerge …

COVID-19 poses a direct health threat to nearly everyone in the world and affects our well-being in countless ways. As we continue to respond to a global emergency that is both driving up the demand for basic health services and constraining access to …

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Visit Resource Library ExpandNet, in collaboration with WHO, has produced several guidance documents based on literature reviews and the extensive experience of its members. These tools are intended for policy makers, program managers, funders, project …

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Visit Resource Directory IGWG’s training materials can be used to introduce a broad range of audiences and backgrounds to important concepts related to gender and health. Each training course focuses on one of five themes that complement the CORE Gende …

Download Resource This pack contains the latest evidence and messaging on DMPA-SC and SI. The Advocacy Pack for Subcutaneous DMPA is designed to accelerate your advocacy efforts. It consists of evidence-based materials, in English and French, for …

A Spotlight on Y-ActIncreasing Capacity of Kenyan Youth to Shift the SRH policy landscapeFor this month’s spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on Y-ACT, an initiative of Amref Health Africa based in Kenya. Learn more from Y-ACT’s Beat …

This post was originally featured on the Breakthrough ACTION and RESEARCH blog. Written by Kasey Henderson, Advocacy Coordinator, Population Services International, and Susan Leibtag, Compass Curator, Breakthrough ACTION As the COVID-19 pandemic contin …

by Beth Balderston, Communications Officer and Dr. Jane Cover, Research and Evaluation Manager, PATHContraceptive self-injection holds great potential for expanding women’s family planning options by putting the power of prevention directly in women’s …

This post was originally featured on the Global Self-Care Federation’s blog. Patricia N. Mechael PhD MHS, Co-founder and Policy Lead at not-for-profit HealthEnabled discusses how the evolution of digital technology has moved self-care into a new realm …

About Us DISC is five-year project funded by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation that supports women to assume greater power and control over their sexual and reproductive health by using contraceptive self-care methods like self-inject—which can …

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By: Kasey Henderson, Advocacy Coordinator and Amanda Kalamar, Senior Research Advisor for Sexual and Reproductive Health COVID-19 has changed the way we live and access health services. As health systems and people transition towards self-care to shore …

Updates & Stories Read first-hand accounts and updates from our team, our partners and users of contraceptive self-injection themselves.

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How We Work When it comes to reproductive health, our priority is to provide women with contraceptive options and to support them in the decisions they make about family planning. We accomplish this through interventions to support user and provider be …

Contraception on her own terms Self-inject offers women and girls a highly effective, convenient, and discreet way to protect against unintended pregnancies – for three months at a time. It can be safely and easily self-administered by women in the com …

This piece was originally published on Population Services International’s blog.Four decades into the HIV epidemic, an estimated 25% of people with HIV, more than 9 million people, remain undiagnosed. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is vital to close the HIV  …

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. Olaro on World Contraception Day Each month, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group places a spotlight on our members and their achievements. This month, we put the spotlight on the Director of Clinical Services and Seni …

WOMAN-POWERED CARE What if women were the change agents of their own sexual and reproductive health? What if health systems supported them? Learn more INTERVENTIONS IN NIGERIA, UGANDA, AND MALAWI Driven by deep consumer insights, DISC supports women to …

Download Resource Recent developments in health practices that were once in the full control of healthcare professionals and can now be safely self-administered have created a shift in thinking about how individuals engage in self-care. With the expans …

A SPOTLIGHT ON The Pharmaceutical Society of KenyaA conversation with Dr. Munene, CEO of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya and self-injection ambassadorThe Self-injection Ambassadors Initiative is an effort led by the subcutaneous DMPA (DMPA-SC) Acce …

By Tariah Adams, Communications & Advocacy Officer, White Ribbon Alliance Nigeria This post was originally featured on White Ribbon Alliance’s blog. Ushafa is a community in Abuja, Nigeria home to many farmers, petty traders and low-income earners. …

By Alexandra Angel, Technical Advisor, Sexual & Reproductive Health, PSI As COVID-19 disrupts access to essential healthcare across the globe, it is more important than ever to offer a wide range of voluntary family planning (FP) options including …

A SPOTLIGHT ON JhpiegoCatalyzing HIV self-testing initiatives in MalawiFor this month’s spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on Jhpiego, an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Learn m …

This post was originally featured on Knowledge Success’ Blog.by Alexandra Angel, Christine Bixiones, Dorine Irankunda, Milly Kaggwa, Eva Lathrop and Pierre Moon, PSI; and Megan Christofield, JhpiegoTo mark International Self-Care Day, Population Servic …

Tomorrow, July 24th marks International Self-Care Day, an annual opportunity to put a spotlight on self-care and the benefits that effective self-care can bring to both individuals and health systems as a vital foundation of health care. Throughout the …

A Spotlight on Marie Stopes InternationalEnabling Safe Self-Care during COVID-19For our second member spotlight, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is focusing on Marie Stopes International (MSI), a global organization working to deliver reproductive choi …

Benjamin Eveslage, Technical Advisor for Online HIV Services, FHI 360The global response to HIV is now threatened on many fronts: insufficient funding, myriad challenges posed by COVID-19, and slow adoption of new HIV service technologies and delivery …

Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin A Spotlight on AidsfondsThe Power of Self-Care Interventions in the Fight Against HIVBeginning this month, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group is placing a spotlight on our members and their achievements …

This International Self-Care Day, July 24th, we are faced with an opportunity to reimagine our health care systems. As COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe, it has presented us with a chance to transform the status quo, shore up stressed healt …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE People’s knowledge of their own, and their partners’, HIV status is essential to the success of the HIV response. The overarching goals of providing HIV testing services (HTS) are to deliver a diagnosis and to effectively facilitate a …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Self-testing enables people to test themselves for HIV conveniently and in private. This new testing option may encourage more people to test themselves who previously held back from visiting a testing facility. Community- and faith-b …

hiv self-testing (HIVST) operational guide section 1: diagnosis This section will help you understand the epidemic profile of target countries, identify key populations and testing gaps and map HIVST-relevant policies and regulations. 01 Preparing to i …

About the Star Initiative Catalytic fundingfor HIV Self-Testing Market development STAR is a Unitaid-funded initiative launched in 2005 with three key goals: to catalyze the global market for HIV self-testing (HIVST), to generate evidence for decision- …

hivst operational guide section 2: Planning This section will guide you in making the right preparations to ensure that your HIVST program will be a success. Planning to Implement HIVST Program Components In order to achieve the desired outcomes of inc …

Self-care is how individuals protect their own health, prevent disease, and treat illness, both with and without the support of a healthcare provider. Interventions such as condoms, HIV self-testing, oral PrEP, self-sampling for STIs, and digital solut …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The Model recommends guiding principles, harmonized definitions and specifies the attributes of effective and efficient regulation, to be embodied within binding and enforceable law. Its main elements refer to international harmonizat …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services bring together existing guidance relevant to the provision of HIV testing services (HTS) and addresses issues and elements for effective delivery of HTS that are common in a variety …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE This guidance consolidates, prioritizes and describes key indicators to monitor the national and global response of the health sector to HIV. Its goal is to help countries choose, collect and systematically analyse strategic informati …

Objectives: Gather a diverse range of perspectives to define the Self-Care Trailblazer Group’s (SCTG) global advocacy priorities in the next 12 – 18 months and the resources that members can contribute to the global advocacy efforts.Method: Phone calls …

This post originally appeared on White Ribbon Alliance’s website.  By Angela Nguku, Executive Director White Ribbon Alliance Kenya and Kristy Kade, Deputy Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance Global Secretariat  Since Covid19 was declared a global …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a major global health threat. It has caused worldwide disruptions, such as economic slow- …

This post was originally featured on VSO International’s blog.Volunteer Monica Atim has spent the past three years making sure that young people in some of the most remote and marginalised communities of Zambia have access to essential sexual and repro …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Prevention of new HIV infections is a critical public health issue. The highest HIV testing gaps are in men, adolescents 15–19 years old, and adults 40 years and older. Community-based HIV testing services (HTS) can contribute to incr …

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Join STAR @ AIDS2020: Virtual COVID-19 has sounded a wake-up call for the global HIV response: we must bring HIV prevention and treatment services out of the clinic and closer to those who need it.  Critical HIV testing services are only available in a …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) is an empowering and innovative way to reach more people with HIV and help achieve the first of the United Nation’s 90–90–90 targets – for 90% of all people with HIV to know their status by 2020. Expanded use …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Despite considerable scale-up of HIV testing services, many people are left behind, particularly men, adolescents, young women, and members of key populations. Without further scale-up of strategies that make HIV testing services more …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV testing services have been scaled up considerably worldwide. Between 2010 and 2014 more than 600 million people received HIV testing services in 122 low- and middle- income countries (LMIC). In 2017, it was estimated that, globall …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a convenient and confidential option for HIV testing. In 2016 WHO recommended HIVST as a safe, accurate and effective way to reach people who may not test otherwise, including people from key populations, m …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Since the release of the WHO consolidated guidelines in 2015, new evidence has emerged. Consequently, in an effort to further support countries, programme managers, health workers and other stakeholders seeking to achieve national and …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV testing in the context of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs has become increasingly complex.1. Although not recommended, individuals with a known HIV-positive status on antiretroviral therapy (ART) may seek HIV testing services to “check …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Globally, an estimated 36.9 million people were living with HIV in 2017. With 1.8 million new cases and nearly 1 million deaths each year, the HIV epidemic remains one of the world’s toughest public health challenges. To combat the ep …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) should be highly targeted to individuals in groups not currently being reached by existing HIV testing services (HTS). HIVST distribution approaches should be tailored to populations with low testing coverage …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE In 2014, the United Nations set bold new targets, calling on the global community to ensure that by 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status, 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV will receive sustained antire …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE This report presents HIV self-testing (HIVST) as an innovative strategy with great potential to contribute to achieving the United Nations (UN) 90–90–90 targets by 2020. It provides updates on the landscape of technologies for HIVST o …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Due to the nature of self-testing, conventional quality assurance (QA) methodologies conducted in a professional setting cannot be applied. In the absence of an established external quality assurance (EQA) system to support HIVST impl …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE As prevalence of undiagnosed HIV declines, it is unclear whether testing programmes will continue be cost-effective. The cost-of-testing-per-new-HIV-diagnosis is a potentially useful metric for monitoring country programmes.We simulat …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Over the last decade, levels of HIV testing have increased markedly across Zambia. In 2007, 19% of women and 12% of men aged 15-49 years had ever-tested and received the result of an HIV test in the previous 12 months. By 2015-2016, 6 …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) has potential to reach populations poorly served by facility-based HIV testing services. We used a cluster-randomised trial design to investigate the impact of community-based HIVST distribution on recent HIV …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE In sub-Saharan Africa, men are harder to reach with HIV-testing services (HTS) than women. HIV self-testing (HIVST) and secondary distribution of HIVST are strategies that may increase men”s HTS uptake. Measuring HIVST outcomes throu …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV testing services (HTS) have undergone dramatic changes in recent years, and the most recent and the most innovative one is HIV self-testing. To date, there has been no systemic assessment of the evidence around the costs and cost- …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Evidence has accumulated that HIV self-testing (HIVST) will contribute towards achieving the first 90 target. However, for those who self-test and the result is HIV-positive, there is limited evidence about how to ensure linkage to co …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing is a process whereby a person who wants to know his or her HIV status collects a specimen, performs the test and interprets the test result him/herself. The HIV Self-Testing Africa (STAR) project in Zambia utilised co …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Conventional HIV testing services have been less comprehensive in reaching men than in reaching women globally, but HIV self-testing (HIVST) appears to be an acceptable alternative. Measurement of linkage to post-test services followi …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The ability of individuals to use HIV self-tests correctly is debated. To inform the 2016 WHO recommendation on HIV self-testing, we assessed the reliability and performance of HIV rapid diagnostic tests when used by self-testers.In t …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Malawi (Sub-Saharan Africa), a projected 72.7% know their HIV status, of which 88.6% are on antiretroviral therapy (ART). From 2012-2015, an HIVST study was conducted in urban Blantyre (Malawi) in …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE There is suboptimal uptake of HIV testing among certain groups such as men and young people. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been shown to increase uptake and frequency of testing, but optimal, cost-effective models of delivery are uncle …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV prevalence remains high in Malawi at 10.6%. Men and young people have high testing gaps. Key barriers to testing include direct and indirect costs and lack of convenience. Aim is to explore the costs and the associated cost driver …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Scale-up of HIV self-testing (HIVST) will play a key role in meeting the United Nation’s 90-90-90 targets. Delayed re-reading of used HIVST devices has been used by early implementation studies to validate the performance of self-test …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE 72.7% of PLHIV know their status; 89.6% on ART; 91.2% virally suppressed (MPHIA 2015-16). HIV testing coverage relatively low in men, adolescents and rural populations.Resource Types: POSTERLanguages:ENGLISHPopulation Served:GENERAL P …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE As countries approach the “First 90” of UN 90-90-90 targets, HIV testing will become increasingly less efficient, and excessive use of HIV testing among low risk populations is an increasing concern. Here, we investigate frequent test …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The ability to achieve an accurate test result and interpret it correctly is critical to the impact and effectiveness of HIV self-testing (HIVST). Simple and easy-to-use devices, instructions for use (IFU) and other support tools have …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Previous studies have shown strong preferences for self-testing compared to facility-based services. To date, HIVST has largely used OF self-tests, but with quality-assured BB kits now available.A gap in evidence on the feasibility an …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Self-testing for HIV (HIVST), where an individual performs, reads and interprets their own HIV test, offers a simple and private option for people wanting to screen themselves for HIV. HIVST is highly acceptable, increases coverage an …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE As countries work to achieve the United Nation’s “90-90-90” testing and treatment targets, many countries are adopting WHO’s recommendation to offer HIVST as an additional HIV testing approach. Many self-testers can use an HIV rapid d …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) enables novel implementation strategies that can carry unintended consequences. While introducing HIVST to rural Zimbabwe through community-based distribution, we investigated “persuaded-testing” (feeling unab …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing can facilitate meeting the UN 90-90-90 HIV testing goal. However, it must first be acceptable to the target population before roll out. We therefore assessed acceptability and feasibility of HIV self-testing, choice o …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV testing coverage stands at 68% among women and 64% among men in Zambia. The Ministry of Health (MOH) made HIV self-testing national policy and launched its roll-out in August, 2018. The primary objective was to expand access to HI …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV-testing is essential for entry into the HIV-treatment continuum and supports linkage to prevention services. In population-based surveys conducted after community-based distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) in rural Malawi and …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE o HIV self-tests (HIVST) were introduced to the Kenya private sector in early 2018.o Conducted qualitative research with users and non-users of HIVST kits after product launch to better understand HIVST awareness, user experiences, an …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Men are underrepresented in HIV services. We conducted a randomized trial in Malawi to test the impact of index HIV self-testing (HIVST) compared to standard partner referral slips, whereby HIV-positive clients delivered either HIVST …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE New HIV testing strategies are needed to reach the United Nations’ 90-90-90 target. HIV self-testing (HIVST) can increase uptake, but users’ perspectives on optimal models of distribution and post-test services are uncertain. We used …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a new approach to HIV testing that could help identify HIV-positive individuals reluctant to test with a provider. Several community and facility based HIVST models were evaluated through the Unitaid/PSI HI …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Knowledge of HIV status through HIV testing constitutes the first step towards HIV treatment and prevention services. HIV self-testing (HIVST), whereby individuals collect their own specimen, conduct their own test and interpret the r …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) is recommended by the World Health Organization in addition to other testing modalities to increase uptake of HIV testing, particularly among harder-to-reach populations. This study provides the first empirica …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) provides couples and individuals with a discreet, convenient and empowering testing option. As with all HIV testing, potential harms must be anticipated and mitigated to optimize individual and public health b …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) was first proposed as an additional option to standard HIV testing services in the 1980s. By 2015, two years after the first HIVST kit was approved for the American market and the year in which Unitaid investe …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Social, structural and systems barriers inhibit uptake of HIV testing. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has shown promising uptake by otherwise underserved priority groups including men, young people and first-time testers. Here, we use chara …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Strategies employing a single rapid diagnostic test (RDT) such as HIV self-testing (HIVST) or “test for triage” (T4T) are proposed to increase HIV testing programme impact. Current guidelines recommend serial testing with two or three …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) is being introduced as a new way for more undiagnosed people to know their HIV status. As countries start to implement HIVST, assuring the quality and regulating in vitro diagnostics, including HIVST, are esse …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a new approach to increase testing uptake. Although evidence demonstrates that supervised users can accurately perform HIVST, the ability of unsupervised users to do so, using manufacturer’s instruction for …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The prevalence of undiagnosed HIV is declining in Africa, and various HIV testing approaches are finding lower positivity rates. In this context, the epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness of community-based HIV self-testing (C …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a discreet and convenient way to reach people with HIV who do not know their status, including many who may not otherwise test. To inform World Health Organization (WHO) guidance, we assessed the effect of …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Adult HIV prevalence remains high in Southern Africa. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a new approach with potential to improve coverage. To inform HIVST implementation, we elicited user preferences to quantify the strength of preferences …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE In the era of ambitious HIV targets, novel HIV testing models are required for hard-to-reach groups such as men, who remain underserved by existing services. Pregnancy presents a unique opportunity for partners to test for HIV, as man …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE As the proportion of people diagnosed with HIV increases, the cost-effectiveness of any form of HIV testing declines, making it important to identify targeted strategies that offer value for money. Distribution of HIV self-tests (HIVS …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Young people aged 15–24 years account for a third of people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and a third of new infections worldwide. HIV testing among this population remains disproportionately low compared with adults, with coverage e …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE The HIV burden remains highly concentrated in southern Africa, with an estimated adult prevalence of 8.8% in Malawi and 13% in Zambia between 2014 and 2015. Despite substantial progress, there is a significant gap in HIV testing, with …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE This supplement was funded and supported by the World Health Organization, Population Services International and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as part of the Self-Testing AfRica (STAR) Initiative. The STAR Initiat …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE People’s knowledge of their and their partners’ HIV status is essential to the HIV response. It is the first step to both prevention and treatment, which reduce HIV-associated morbidity, mortality and transmission. Many people continu …

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE This report presents the potential for HIV self-testing to contribute to achieving global 90–90–90 targets for treatment access by 2020, provides projections of the demand for and supply of HIV rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for self-t …

Evidence, Best Practices and Recommendations for global HIVST Scale Up Unitaid – STAR Initiative – ATLAS Webinar Series version française The COVID-19 pandemic is now a major global health threat with 7 million cases and 402,000 deaths reported to WHO …

Preuves, bonnes pratiques et recommandations pour une mise à l’échelle au plan mondial de l’auto-dépistage du VIH Unitaid – STAR Initiative – ATLAS Webinar Series ENGLISH VERSIONLa pandémie de COVID-19 est une menace sanitaire mondiale majeure avec 7 m …

A Note from the SCTG Secretariat Global health experts from around the world joined the first-ever virtual World Health Assembly (WHA) to discuss one topic – COVID-19. While the topic this year was limited to one virus it will touch on many aspects of …

 There is a lot we know, and yet still a lot to be done to advance self-care.Self-care is more than just a series of specific interventions – it is an approach to healthcare that spans all aspects of healthcare. Therefore, as with advancing primary car …

The 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) was held remotely on May 18th and 19th. This year’s WHA focused exclusively on the COVID-19 pandemic. The WHA adopted a COVID-19 response resolution that had more than 130 co-sponsors and was endorsed …

star initiative featured resources Browse featured resources from the STAR team below and explore the complete STAR library to find scientific publications, training materials, program planning tools, country case studies, trouble-shooting material and …

This post was originally featured on PSI’s blog. by Karl Hofmann, President & CEO, PSIIn mid-May, the Washington Post featured an article about innovation in COVID-19 testing technology: “An easier coronavirus test is within spitting distance.” Imp …

By Sandy Garcon, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Communications, PSI Global health experts from around the world are joining the first-ever virtual World Health Assembly (WHA) to discuss one topic – COVID-19. While the topic this year is limited to one vi …

Evidence & Research The SCTG works to coordinate and broker knowledge generated and accumulated across partners and initiatives in pursuit of the SCTG’s overall objectives.Through its Evidence and Learning Working Group, the SCTG seeks to leverage and …

Advocacy & Communications The SCTG aims to build political momentum around a joint vision of self-care, particularly in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights, and advocate for self-care policies and financing to be institutionalized in …

Banner Image: PSI/Natasha SweeneyUbiquity, meaning present, appearing, found everywhere; and resilience, able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult situations. While these may not be the first words that come to mind when you think of health c …

By Karin Hatzold, Associate Director for HIV/TB, and Kasey Henderson, Advocacy Coordinator, PSI  Globally, health officials are struggling to navigate a new world in which clinics and hospitals need to cater for the influx of COVID-19 patients, while a …

A Note from the SCTG Secretariat In the midst of COVID-19, self-care offers an opportunity to ensure that sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services remain available and accessible, when, where and how individuals need. By including self-care as an …

Coalition Steering Committee The Coalition Steering Committee (CSC) advises the Secretariat and provides oversight of SCTG coalition functions, ensuring a strong value proposition for members that is supportive of the SCTG’s strategic priorities It wil …

Download Resource This document provides the research insights developed by Dahlberg Design for Kenyan social marketing of Sayana Press through pharmacies. The study consisted of 30 interviews, this included; 14 pharmacy owners, 3 private facility prov …

Download Resource This study took place between August and October 2017 within 5 study sites in Niger, Senegal, and Burkina Faso. The study was focused on an ongoing project introducing Sayana Press in the Sahel. The study aimed to identify the views a …

Download Resource This infographic, developed by MSI and Ipas, summarises evidence from a systematic review of pharmacy provision of MA. It highlights the steps on women’s pathways to accessing MA through pharmacies, common challenges that they may exp …

Download Resource This study was undertaken among 700 Bangladeshi drug sellers (including regulated pharmacists and unregulated drug sellers) to understand their knowledge of Misoprostal and provision practices. Conducted prior to the scale-up of combi …

Download Resource This study details the impact of the introduction of Sayana Press in Madagascar a CIFF funded project, which began in 2015. Within the project, Sayana Press was made available in 22 regions through 5 MSI channels. These were; MSI’s ce …

Download Resource This case study describes how evidence generated by the STEP UP consortium about medical abortion self-management has informed practice at Marie Stopes International. The growing evidence base surrounding pharmacy provision of MA has …

Download Resource This commentary follows the publication of MSI’s randomised control trial in Bangladesh which showed that mHealth to promote contraceptive use increased women’s report of gender-based violence. The commentary describes why use of mobi …

Download Resource This review summarises how pharmacies and drug sellers are revolutionising access to safe abortion in low- and middle-income countries. Studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America were reviewed, finding high levels of pharmacy provisi …

Download Resource This study highlights the importance of hotlines, combi-packs and clear packaging for ensuring that people can safely self-administer reproductive health medications. The analysis of 287,095 calls to the contact centre between 2012 an …

Membership The Self-Care Trailblazer Group operates as a coalition composed of a diverse set of institutional and individual members working to advance the practice of self-care to improve health around the globe.Members include representatives of mult …

By: Katelin Gray, Policy & Advocacy Officer, Sexual and Reproductive Health, PATHAround the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is making it harder for people to access essential health care. Many women are now asking the same question: how can I continue …

Cet article a été précédemment publié sur le blog de Knowledge Success.   Read here for the English version.    Auteurs : Pierre Moon, Megan Christofield, Dr. Eva Lathrop, et Dr. Ricky Lu Publié le 30 mars 2020 Cet article, co-rédig …

We hope you are all keeping well during this trying time. As we all continue to focus on healthcare worldwide, we invite you to join us in recognizing World Health Day 2020. This year’s theme, which focuses on supporting nurses and midwives, has never …

Governance The Self-Care Trailblazer Group’s operates as both a coalition and a set of related programs. Its governance structure aims to ensure effective coordination, to bring mutual value to partners without adding unnecessary complexity or bureaucr …

DEFINING SELF-CARE WHAT IS SELF-CARE The Coalition Steering Committee (CSC) advises the Secretariat and provides oversight of SCTG coalition functions, ensuring a strong value proposition for members that is supportive of the SCTG’s strategic prioritie …

Download Resource Establishing self-care as a global policy priority to improve health outcomes and address the sustainability of health systems around the world is both necessary and achievable. As this paper suggests, however, achieving self-care’s p …

Resource Library Browse our clearinghouse of self-care related resources. Sign up for updates Self-Care Policy Mapping The Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) at Imperial College London was commissioned by the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCT …

Blog Check out the latest updates from Self-Care Trailblazers. Sign up for updates State of Self-Care Report – Progress and POtential of Self-Care: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead Self-care is witnessing an exciting and dynamic evolution – gaining recog …

This post was originally featured on Knowledge Success’ blog.Read here for the french version/lisez-ici pour la version francaise.Banner Image Photo: A woman holds a self-sample device for HPV. Credit: Jhpiego/Kate HoltWhat is the context?The need for …

NAIROBI — As cases of COVID-19 rise globally, so are concerns about the toll this pandemic could have on populations living with HIV. This alarm has been elevated in recent days, as cases of COVID-19 in South Africa, which has the largest HIV epidemic  …

Download English Roadmap Download French Roadmap This roadmap is the result of a series of in-country advocacy workshops and consultations held between July 2019 and January 2020. The advocacy roadmap development was facilitated by White Ribbon Allianc …

News and Events UPCOMING EVENTS PAST EVENTS VIEW MORE Latest Newsletter VIEW MORE Self-Care in the news Self-Care Community Forum Series Self-care Community forum series When individuals are given the opportunity to become active agents in… Read More …

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Male Engagement Transform/PHARE Male engagement and gender transformative approaches are meant to address men as users of family planning methods, partners, service providers, influencers and decision makers. Men may be seen as a barrier, or they can b …

Cross-Sectoral Social Behavior Change Transform/PHARE The cross-sectoral SBC approach aims to provide information, educate and encourage dialogue in settings outside the traditional health-related context. The approach may focus on educating in agricul …

Provider Behavior Change Transform/PHARE It is widely known that healthcare providers are often limited by their own misconceptions and biases in offering quality reproductive health information related to family planning, contraceptive counseling and …

Audience Segmentation Transform/PHARE Traditionally target audiences are segmented using demographic indicators such as age, gender and marital status, however Transform/PHARE uses non-traditional and innovative views of the audiences, based on attitud …

What We Do While the concept of self-care is not new, the World Health Organization’s Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health calls for adoption of national policies to usher in this transformative era in healthcare. Members of the …

Engaging Religious Leaders Transform/PHARE: Niger Drawing from different research methodologies, the team sought to uncover youth and religious leaders’ perspectives, and knowledge, on reproductive health services and products in several villages in th …

Promoting Male Engagement and Partners’ Dialogue Transform/PHARE: Côte d’Ivoire In Year Three, using a human centered design (HCD) approach, Transform/PHARE explored innovative ways for designing and reaching young men outside of traditional health com …

Innovation Lab Transform/PHARE: Burkina Faso Research shows that significant socio-cultural and structural barriers to creating demand for FP persist. Cultural norms value high fertility, and gender equity issues prevent many women from making decision …

ABOUT US Established in November 2018 with support from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) was formed to support governments in institutionalizing self-care in se …

Académie de l’Artisanat Transform/PHARE: Benin Transform/PHARE designed a prototype craft academy, Académie de l’Artisanat, to reach young, out-of-school women with information on and referrals for modern contraceptive methods. A handcraft academy mode …

STATE OF SELF-CARE REPORTPROGRESS & POTENTIAL OF SELF-CAREEXPLORESelf-Care Learning and Discovery SeriesEXPLORE Previous slide Next slide The Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) is a global coalition dedicated to expanding the safe and effective practic …

The Women’s Health Project is a multi-regional project implemented in countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. The goal of WHP is to prevent unintended pregnancies and increase access to legal abortion, post-abortion care and post-abortion cont …

Win – Win is a network of independent micro-entrepreneurs who deliver health education and socially-impactful products in rural and peri-urban communities in Myanmar.

This program promotes voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) to decrease the incidence of HIV among Zambian military personnel, their families and surrounding communities.

This project, offered by PEPFAR through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides voluntary medical male circumcision services to increase the impact of HIV prevention programs.

With and for young people, Vale-a-Pena is proving the value of applying A360’s youth-powered approach to determine what it takes to enact effective, resonant and ultimately lasting youth sexual and reproductive health behavior change in Mozambique.

Utkrisht is the world’s first health Development Impact Bond and uses private investor capital to fund quality improvement interventions aimed at reducing maternal and newborn mortality in the state of Rajasthan, India. Forty-four private sector facili …

This project uses a youth-centered design approach to build upon an existing but limited evidence base, informing the design of tangible solutions for reducing unintended pregnancies among youth in Vietnam.

This project uses a bottom-up approach that involves trade marketing and pharmacist behavior change to increase the impact of pharmacy contributions in TB case detection. The project simultaneously strengthens pharmacy business viability to deliver sus …

This project worked to improve rural households’ access to locally appropriate, quality, affordable hygienic latrines.

Under this program, PASMO works to increase access to HIV prevention interventions by key populations at greater risk for HIV in Central America.

This project aims to reduce new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.

UHF delivers the full cascade of HIV care, from community-based peer and online outreach to viral suppression services offered through drop-in centers and general practitioners, targeted to vulnerable and high-risk communities.

This project aims to achieve universal access to basic sanitation services and improved hygiene practices. It covers 11 districts in Rwanda through a voucher system for the poorest rural households, provides support to these districts to monitor and pr …

This initiative seeks to build the capacity of the Tunza clinics to reach more communities and will test how access to financing can build the franchise through a revolving fund.

Tsogolo Langa is a targeted investment program that aims to scale up DFID’s current support for sexual and reproductive health service delivery in Malawi through national third-party providers, with a view to increasingly meet the needs of youth and yo …

Transform WASH aims to improve WASH outcomes in Ethiopia, with a focus on sanitation by stimulating demand at the community level, strengthening supply chains and building an enabling environment for a vibrant private market.

Transform/PHARE Transform/PHARE generates innovative evidence-based social and behavior change communications to address barriers to modern contraceptive use, transform attitudes about reproductive health and promote family planning in West Africa.  Tr …

This project is a public community and private partnership aimed at strengthening the health system by setting up one health post in each cell (Rwandan government districts) to reduce the walking distance to the nearest primary health care facility by …

The Rwanda Social Marketing Program is a cooperative agreement whose goal is to increase access and availability of health services and products in the health areas of malaria, HIV, maternal and child health, and sexual and reproductive health through …

Mental health is an under-funded and under-resourced health area worldwide. This project aims to generate useful and timely evidence on how to build a comprehensive model to drive identification and care for common mental health conditions within a pri …

TCIHC is supported by USAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Gates Institute to scale-up proven sexual and reproductive health approaches leading to increased use of modern contraceptive methods amongst all women 15-49 years of age in urban po …

Teen Moms Adelante aims to reduce repeat pregnancies among teen mothers in Managua, Nicaragua, which contributes to fewer maternal and child deaths and illnesses and allows young girls to pursue their dreams.

Building on the success of the Supporting Sustainable Sanitation Improvements (3SI) project in Bihar, PSI India secured co-funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada in 2018. The new findings have allowed this platform …

This project aims to strengthen Laos’ Emergency Operations Center and the capacity of the Ministry of Health to accelerate malaria elimination and respond to future public health emergencies.

This project aims to transform the market for quality primary health care services in Myanmar by demonstrating the concept of strategic purchasing at scale.

PSI Som supports the Somali Ministries of Health to implement SAHAN in partnership with Health Poverty Action, Trocaire, Mercy USA and Action Against Hunger. SAHAN is a component of DFID’s Somali Health and Nutrition Programme. The program identifies a …

This partnership sustains social marketing of JEITO condom activities and supports the local clinic franchise, TEM+, and their family planning service model.

SIFPO2 Support for International Family Planning and Health Organizations 2: Sustainable Networks About Us The Support for International Family Planning and Health Organizations 2: Sustainable Networks (SIFPO2) is a USAID-funded program designed to str …

Led by Abt Associates, Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health. The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagem …

PSI Lesotho worked with government and community partners to deliver HIV testing services in five lowland districts—Maseru, Leribe, Berea, Mafeteng and Mohale’s Hoek—from April 2018 to March 2019.

Scaling Up for Universal Coverage and Impact is a 3-year, $45 million project for malaria vector control and community case management in South Sudan.

This project worked to increase access to lifesaving birth kits for Ugandans and assist health providers in better caring for their patients in both rural and urban areas.

Sanitation service delivery (SSD) is a regional urban sanitation project of USAID West Africa, implemented by PSI in collaboration with PATH and WSUP (Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor). The objective of the program is to achieve better sanitatio …

The Rwanda Military program focuses on HIV prevention services among Rwanda Defence Force members and areas surrounding the military bases. The program’s main activities include voluntary counseling and testing for HIV and HIV prevention activities suc …

PSI Madagascar oversees the HIV prevention component of this project, including outreach activities for key populations, behavior change communication activities, condom procurement and distribution and HIV mobile testing and counseling.

PSI is a member of the FHI-led Research for Scalable Solutions project to generate and support utilization of evidence to increase access to voluntary sexual and reproductive health services and improve healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies in low- …

This project supports the Royal Government of Cambodia to implement a core package of services with the goal of reducing the incidence of malaria to less than one infection per 1,000 people at risk in each operational district and eliminate Plasmodium …

The PSI Myanmar Enterprise Fund builds sustainable markets for reproductive health products. Markets have been slowly removing subsidies for brands marketed to the people of Myanmar for the past 10 to 15 years.

As part of the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights and the provision of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Benin, ABMS, CARE and l’Association Beninoise pour la Planification Familiale (ABPF) have formed a consortium for the imple …

This project works to assist the Royal Government of Cambodia to improve health behaviors among Cambodians working across six health areas: tuberculosis; sexual and reproductive health; maternal and child health; water, sanitation and hygiene; malaria; …

The HIV/AIDS Prevention Project in Central Africa aims at making both male and female condoms accessible and available as well as improving behaviors and practices relating to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

SARAI increases access to and improved quality of sexual and reproductive health service and aims to increase the modern contraceptive prevalence rate in Zambia by 2% annually.

The PSI Malawi-implemented Project N’zatonse works with and for young people aged 10 to 24 to deliver combined health, income generation and social development activities to more than 15,000 of Malawi’s most vulnerable youth per month.

This project strengthens global capacity and shape markets by monitoring the ownership, use and condition of insecticide-treated nets in various districts in Uganda over a 30-year period.

Working across 24 countries in sub-Saharan Africa as well as Cambodia, the PMI VectorLink Project is equipping countries to plan and implement safe, cost-effective, and sustainable indoor residual spraying, insecticide-treated nets, and other life-savi …

PMI Impact Malaria works with national malaria control programs to fight malaria and save lives by strengthening the diagnosis, treatment and drug-based prevention of malaria, especially for children and pregnant women.

In partnership with University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center and other project partners, PSI Mozambique will systematically design and evaluate integrated models of care for sexual and reproductive health in two districts of the country from 2019 …

Under the PACS project, PSI Liberia builds the capacity of the Ministry of Health to design, produce and disseminate efficient and sound behavior change communication messages that cut across diseases and health areas to influence positive health outco …

The overall goal of the program is to address the four main non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that affect Trinidad and Tobago—cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease—by using a multi-pronged approach to achieve key behav …

The New Nets Project is an initiative established by Unitaid and the Global Fund, primed by the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC), in partnership with the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Ne …

PSI Madagascar supports National Malaria Control Program activities and oversees the procurement of high-quality antimalarial medicines, rapid diagnostic tests and bed nets.

The Municipal WASH project provides support to city governments, sanitation directories, utilities and other relevant institutions of Benin and Côte d’Ivoire to increase financial sustainability, operational reliability and enhanced governance and mana …

The Marketing Innovations for Sustainable Health Development project will increase access to public health products in sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, and nutritional products; increase effective use of products and practice …

This project partners with SC Johnson to scale up vector control services and products, including social and behavior change communication and social marketing of mosquito repellents. Implementation is carried out by community health workers.

SCORE provides quality HIV testing and counseling services at the community level across all four regions of Eswatini using targeted community-based approaches to identify HIV-positive individuals. Once identified, the HIV-positive individuals are link …

PSI Lesotho has partnered with the Lesotho Defense Force to reduce the number of new HIV infections and other sexually transmitted infections among members of the military, their families and the civilian communities served by the military.

Through the global Learning about Expanded Access and Potential of the Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System Initiative, PSI works with FHI 360 (the prime) to generate timely, actionable evidence to help determine if and how the system can play a catalyti …

Lahyar Iyali works with public sector facilities in Niger to improve the quality of reproductive health services. In addition, the project works with communities to create demand and an enabling environment for access to a full range of reproductive he …

This project seeks to provide support effective coverage for maternal, newborn and child health services with timely care-seeking and efficient referrals to responsive health facilities.To learn more about the MaNe project, see the links below:Coordina …

This program aims to increase the effectiveness of cyber-education and referrals for family planning services and products in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic.

Jeune S3 ensures that young people in fragile areas, especially girls ages 10-14, and key populations are able and motivated to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and that their rights are respected.

Organisation Haïtienne de Marketing Social pour la Santé (OHMaSS) works throughout Haiti to improve health outcomes for Haitians living with HIV/AIDS or TB.

OHMaSS supports the Haitian Ministry of Health to reach its goal of country-wide malaria elimination by 2020.

This project seeks to prevent unnecessary deaths and illness resulting from cervical cancer by taking a life cycle approach: offering preventative care through the vaccine before instances of cancer become likely, while bolstering the capacity and qual …

Beginning in 2018, this project has worked to increase access to type 2 diabetes screening, treatment and counseling through integration with HIV services in Eswatini.

This program aims to catalyze the increase of voluntary medical male circumcision and support the transition of circumcision programming to the government to create sustainability.

The INGOBYI Activity is a USAID-funded program implemented by a consortium, led by IntraHealth International in partnership with the Rwandan Ministry of Health, to reduce preventable infant and maternal deaths and the incidence of malaria, and to bring …

This project seeks to improve and standardize healthcare services towards diabetes, gestational diabetes and hypertension in Laos.

The goal of the Adolescent Youth Project is to improve the reproductive health and well being of adolescents and youth in Nepal through increasing knowledge of and access to friendly, community-level services for sexual and reproductive health.

IMPACT aims to sustainably improve the health of the Malagasy population through a strengthened health system and efficient health market, contributing to universal health coverage.

PSI’s local affiliate, Society for Family Health (SFH), is implementing aggressive, targeted outreach to the Haitian migrant population to offer HIV testing services and TB and STI screening services and, for those who test positive, provide rapid link …

PSI Mali’s malaria interventions include preventive measures such as seasonal malaria chemoprevention for children under 5 and protection against as malaria in pregnancy using intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy. Additionally, PSI Mali coord …

Ignite Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ignite sparks change at every level of the health market so that young people can easily access contraception, post-abortion care and legal safe abortion services in Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, India, K …

The Hygienic Toilets for All project aims to improve sanitation for Ghanaians and develop a market for SATO pans, a quality sanitation solution manufactured by Lixil.

PACE is collaborating with the Ugandan Peoples Defense Force to develop a targeted HIV prevention strategy for the military and surrounding communities.

This program works to increase access to HIV testing in service of South Africa’s National Strategic Plan for 2017 to 2022.

This initiative works with the Ethiopian government and civil society organizations to more effectively plan, deliver and optimize high impact HIV prevention, care and treatment interventions for Ethiopia’s key and priority populations.

WORKPLACE HIV SELF-TEST TOOLKITThis new guide aims to inform the development and implementation of HIV self-screening and -testing plans in workplaces through a comprehensive, integrated and collaborative approach.Learn MoreThe HIV Self-Testing Africa …

This project focuses on the provision of HIV testing and sexually transmitted infection diagnosis and treatment services to members of key populations and sensitizes the general population to issues around HIV and other sexually transmitted infections …

Healthy Heart Africa envisions the decentralization of care for chronic illnesses, placing a special emphasis on diabetes and hypertension. The project works to bring the Ethiopian healthcare system in line with the WHO’s current recommendation to crea …

Healthy Communities Corporate Partners: Pfizer From 2017 to 2019, Healthy Communities improved the consumer journey for hypertension care in Myanmar and Vietnam. This project was designed to facilitate movement along the consumer journey from awareness …

Health for All is a five-year program covering the areas of malaria, HIV and family planning through health system strengthening and data integration using the DHIS2 data management platform.

PSI provides technical assistance to PS Kenya programs to create marketing interventions by developing social and behavior change communication approaches, innovative research design, measurements for behavior change communication, frameworks for measu …

The goal of the Health and Hygiene Activity is to improve the health status of communities in Nepal through improved integration of hygiene into the delivery of existing health services.

GEMS+ Greater Mekong Subregion Elimination of Malaria through Surveillance OVERVIEW The GEMS program ensured that private health care providers provided quality malaria testing and treatment services, and that data from the private sector entered the n …

As the HIV response matures, PSI is working closely with national governments to finish the “last mile” of epidemic control. The Going the Last Mile project in Zimbabwe is strengthening the national HIV response, first by ensuring full coverage of key …

The Malaria Prevention project, funded by USAID through Chemonics (GHSCPSM) contributes to the universal coverage of mosquito nets through free distribution in public health facilities and to vulnerable populations. PSI Burundi has supported the Nation …

The project is a framework agreement with the Ministry of Health and focuses on HIV behavior change communication condom promotion.

The project will improve and expand access to sexual and reproductive health services and contraceptives in Burundi, especially for youth and adolescents, through support to the country’s burgeoning private sector.     

The Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options (EECO) project, led by WCG Cares in partnership with PSI, is designed to support the introduction of new contraceptive methods that will address method-related reasons for non-use and better meet the reprod …

The project implements evidence-based prevention interventions for key and priority populations through targeted testing and links to care and treatment.

PSI Cambodia contributes to the overall project vision that Cambodia establishes a people-centered, universal healthcare system where health professionals, public and private, strive for high standards, treat patients with respect and give recognized q …

The DREAMS partnership, funded by PEPFAR through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is an ambitious public-private partnership to reduce rates of HIV among adolescent girls and young women in the countries with the highest HIV burdens i …

With funding from the US Department of Defense and the US President’s Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief, PSI Burundi contributes to the reduction of HIV and sexually transmitted infection incidence rates in the military (including veterans), as well as am …

DESIP aims to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality and to increase the modern contraceptive prevalence rate in Kenya by increasing access to and use of reproductive health services across Kenya with a focus on increasing equity and sustainabili …

PSI Pakistan implements the DAFPAK program through its implementing partners, who work with community health workers and private providers to improve maternal and newborn health. The program’s vision is to grow the health market and use of sexual and r …

In Mozambique, PSI developed the Connect App, a mobile-based application used by PSI’s 400 health promoters across the country to generate referrals for sexual and reproductive health services. The initiative has generated similar pilot programs for di …

Cyber Rwanda is a digital platform that aims to improve the health and livelihoods of urban and semi-urban adolescents from ages 12 to 19. Co-designed with Rwandan youth, this direct-to-consumer web platform weaves together “choose your own adventure” …

This project promotes sanitation behavior change for improved toilet usage with the goal of reaching an anticipated population of 780,000 in 400 villages in three years.

Developed by Raising Voices in 2008, SASA! Together is one of the world’s leading evidence-based prevention methods. “SASA!” is the acronym for the four phases of SASA! —Start, Awareness, Support and Action. SASA! also means “now” in Kiswahili, emphasi …

The CM4FP project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is implemented in Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria to explore the supply and demand of modern contraceptives and how their market dynamics relate to sexual and reproductive health services …

CHANGE aims to provide an essential package of health services primarily focused on maternal and child health. PSI Som leads a consortium for this project that includes Health Poverty Action, Save the Children and Trocaire, which work to implement heal …

Chicas en Conexión provides adolescent girls with information that allows them to develop and shape their values around sexual and reproductive health so that they may lead positive and responsible lives.

The Challenge Fund aims to close the HIV testing gap among men in Kenya by developing and catalyzing the market for HIV self-testing. The project develops service delivery models in the public and private sector that increase the uptake of self-testing …

In South Africa, HIV transmission is fueled by a cycle: young adult men transmit HIV to younger female partners, who in turn grow up and transmit it to their male peers. In many cases, these men are especially reluctant to use existing HIV services, ma …

The main goal of this grant is to increase awareness and prevention of domestic violence in areas where vulnerability is highest due to drug trafficking and gang activity. The project also develops inter-institutional procedures to increase the Costa R …

This project builds sustainable sanitation markets across the Indian state of Bihar by training entrepreneurs, creating demand and facilitating access to finance.

With the support of USAID’s SIFPO2 project, PSI’s and its partners in Latin America and the Caribbean have led behavior change initiatives to prevent the transmission of Zika by focusing on promoting the use of condoms as a primary measure for the prev …

PSI Bangladesh, with a consortium of partners led by Chemonics, is implementing this project to assist the goals of the government of Bangladesh’s National Health Care Financing Strategy. The project aims to transition the Smiling Sun Network of matern …

After the Flush collaborates with private tanker operators and municipal governments in Bihar, India to reduce the dumping of human waste into communities and waterways and to optimize the use of public treatment plants.

Across disciplines and in partnership with young people, Adolescents 360 reimagines what it takes to make contraception relevant, valuable and accessible for girls aged 15-19 in Nigeria, Tanzania and Ethiopia—and beyond. In Nigeria, A360 is implemented …

PSI is scaling up demand for and access to an integrated package of sexual and reproductive health products and services, such as medication abortion, through a regional approach in French-speaking West Africa, contributing to the Ouagadougou Partnersh …

Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health for All aims to deliver high-quality sexual and reproductive health services and strengthen quality assurance systems to improve access to reproductive healthcare and reduce use gaps amongst the most vulnerable …

As a sub-recipient to Management Sciences for Health, PSI Madagascar expands access to voluntary long-acting reversible contraceptive methods to ensure broad access to a broad range of sexual and reproductive health choices. Through this project, PSI M …

ACCES activates sanitation markets in rural Senegal through the introduction of better products, training of entrepreneurs and demand creation.

This project increases access to and demand for HIV prevention, diagnosis and treatment products and services and builds national and provincial commitments to private sector contributions for harm reduction.

99DOTS is a monitoring method that checks for client adherence to TB treatment plans. It uses augmented packaging on the medication box and mobile phones to provide real-time adherence tracking at a very low cost. 99DOTS is currently being scaled in PS …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDDtMeMhoNA What is the Keystone Design Framework? Over the years, PSI has successfully evolved a social marketing approach that is based on key principles we believe help ensure the successful design and delivery of int …

In the Seattle area, where dozens of people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and hundreds more may be infected and not know it, a new project funded by Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation could soon begin rolling out test kits that people c …

NAIROBI — On a recent afternoon, 19-year old Peter was approached by an NGO worker at the Kahawa West County Market on the outskirts of Nairobi who told him that around the corner he could grab a free take home HIV self-test. He walked over to a white …

The film: Made in partnership with Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), FHI 360 and USAID, “The Power of Self-injectable Contraception“ communicates the findings of a study [1] on the effectiveness of self-administered depot medroxyprogesteron …

View Resource Where self care and healthcare intersect there is potential to amplify their beneficial impact on the health of individuals and populations. This collection of articles from The BMJ and BMJ Global Health focuses on sel …

Nairobi — In June 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their list of medicines deemed essential, these are drugs that every person should have access to, should they need it, no matter where they are. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prev …

Nairobi — In June 2019 the World Health Organisation published consolidated guidelines on self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health. It defines self-care as the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, preven …

Dans le pays, 7 % de la population vit avec le virus. D’ici à 2020, quelque 5 millions d’autotests doivent être déployés en Afrique de l’Est. « Connaissez-vous votre statut sérologique ? » La question est pour le moins abrupte et intrusive. Mais dans l …

Le centre de santé intégré Milele est une petite clinique privée familiale au cœur de Githurai-Roysambu, un quartier d’une banlieue défavorisée de Nairobi. Plus qu’un centre de santé, la structure fonctionne d’abord comme un foyer social dédié à la mèr …

In 1994, the 179 governments represented in Cairo at the first International Conference for Population and Development (ICPD) adopted a bold and visionary Programme of Action, which set out to support women and girls as they harnessed their power for t …

Download Resource Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for people who use these interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) …

This post originally appeared on FHI 360’s Contraceptive Technology Innovation Exchange platform. by Alice Cartwright, FHI 360 As new sexual and reproductive health products become available, people increasingly want to take an active participatory rol …

Self-management. Self-testing. Self-awareness. These are three pillars of self-care interventions that can help promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women, men, and youth according to new guidelines released by the World Heal …

by Pierre Moon, PSIFor millennia, people have taken measures to care for themselves—prevent disease, promote health and cope with illness and disability—without a healthcare provider. While self-care is an old concept, new approaches have expanded the …

This infographic appears in PSI’s Impact magazine, released in tandem with Women Deliver 2019, as part of an ongoing conversation about putting #PowerInHerHands. Banner image credit: PATH/Will Boase Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin

by Martha Brady, Director of Sexual and Reproductive Health, PATH @PATHtweets We stand at the opportune moment for supporting women’s rights and capabilities by moving the self-care agenda forward with both enthusiasm and evidence. Self-care has b …

by Sandy Garçon, Senior Advocacy Manager, PSI Interventions that were previously available in the developing world only through health clinics are increasingly being found in the Global South on the shelves of pharmacies, at health kiosks or through co …

by Kristy Kade, Deputy Executive Director, White Ribbon Alliance Global Secretariat & Co-Chair, What Women Want @WRAglobal Self-care is not new, but it’s recently become more firmly embedded within the larger global health and development agenda. N …

by Karl Hofmann, President and CEO, PSI @KarlHofmannPSI Power, its abuses and its character are all around us in 2019. We see it in our politics, in our struggles over economic systems and business models. We see it playing out in the dispossession of …

by Miles Kemplay, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation @CIFFchild For the last five years, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has invested in improving the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of young people. During this tim …

by Ian Askew, Director, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, including the UNDP- UNFPA- UNICEF- WHO- World Bank Special Programme (HRP), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland @IanAskew_HRP and Manjulaa Narasimhan, Scientist, World Health Organization (WH …

Visit Resource A supplement supported by UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme – HRP and published by the BMJ looks at issues of self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The special supplement includes …

Download Resource New digital and medical technologies are making it easier for consumers, where applicable, to asses and manage their own SRH needs. Check out our brochure to learn more about what makes the self-care movement exciting. Resource Types: …

Download Resource Women’s ownership of their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a rights-based expression of self-determination. In this issue of Outlook on Reproductive Health, we address these rights and highlight recent information on tech …

Download Resource As a means to meet global maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) targets, self-care has enormous potential. When promoted throughout the lifecycle and as an essential part of MNCH, self-care empowers women and their families with t …