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Why Do Women Stop Using Contraception? Examining Bangladesh, Mali, and Zambia With PACE’s Choices and Challenges Tool

When decisionmakers better understand the data showing why women stop using contraception despite a preference to avoid pregnancy, they can promote policies and programs that enable continued use of and increased satisfaction with family planning services.

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Coordinating Analyses of Routine Health Management Information Systems Data to Identify Disruptions in Essential Health and Family Planning Care

This report summarizes key outputs and takeaways from a joint convening of Health Management Information Systems experts to promote learning, information exchange, and collaboration on the impact of health system shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, on family planning and other essential health care services.

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Best Practices Brief: Mobilizing Domestic Funding for Reproductive Health in Kenya’s Counties

This best practices brief outlines PACE Kenya’s systematic approach to working with partners in several Kenyan counties to increase political and financial commitments for family planning and strengthen accountability for those commitments.

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10 WAYS PACE CAN HELP YOU REACH POLICYMAKERS

  1. Interpret data to provide the “so what”—the underlying stories and their implications for policy action.
  2. Communicate complex concepts such as the demographic dividend through wellcrafted analyses and accessible presentations.
  3. Produce multimedia presentations, such as PRB’s ENGAGE, that can catalyze commitment to FP/RH goals among decisionmakers, at global conferences, and during in-country policy trainings.
  4. Construct a roadmap for your policy-focused work toward reaching FP2020 and SDG objectives.
  5. Create infographics that tell stories about your country in compelling and innovative ways.
  6. Conduct thematic media trainings for print, broadcast, and digital journalists to make sure relevant stories are told, and told accurately.
  7. Develop new influencers and leaders in FP/RH through our policy communication trainings.
  8. Conduct demographic analyses to help explain key trends.
  9. Explain linkages among population, health, and the environment to inform your integrated programs.
  10. Sharpen the gender lens and highlight gender’s critical role for NGOs, countries, and communities.