AFIDEP joins the global family planning community at ICFP 2022
November 2, 2022
By: Felix Otiato
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The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) will be participating at the 6th International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2022), taking place in Pattaya City, Thailand from 14 to 17 November 2022. Held every other year since 2009, ICFP serves as a platform for the global family planning/reproductive health community to share best practices, celebrate successes, and chart a course toward universal access to family planning (FP).
The theme for the 2022 conference is “Family Planning & Universal Health Coverage”, which underscores the critical role that family planning plays in achieving universal health coverage. This is driven by the global quest to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services, including family planning, information, and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programs by 2030 as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
ICFP 2022 will provide an opportunity for political leaders, scientists, researchers, policymakers, advocates, and youth to disseminate knowledge, celebrate successes, and identify the next steps toward reaching the goal of enabling more women to access voluntary, quality contraception.
AFIDEP is collaborating with its partners in making presentations in a number of sessions.
Key projects that will be participating at ICFP 2022 include the Building Capacity for Integrated Family Planning and Reproductive Health (RH) and Population, Environment and Development (PED) Action (BUILD) project, Re-examining Traditional Method Use: Desperation or Innovation (TEAM-UP) project and the Back-on-Track Project.
The presentation sessions are listed in the table below.
| Presentation | Resource Person |
| Poster Session 1
15 November 2022 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bangkok), PEACH Pre-function Area |
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| Assessing Continuity of Modern Contraceptive Usage in the COVID-19 Period in SSA: A Geospatial Modelling Study | Dr. Michael Chipeta, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, AFIDEP |
| Flash Presentation Session: FP, Environment and Climate Change
15 November 2022 (4:15PM – 5:35PM Bangkok), Beach Hotel Royal Summit Chamber A |
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| Mainstreaming Gender and Youth in Integrated PED Approaches for Sustainable Development | Dr. Marsden Solomom, Country Representative, Kenya, FHI360 |
| Barriers, Facilitators, and Opportunities for Integrating Family Planning/ Reproductive Health and Population, Environment and Development Approaches for Sustainable Development | Dr. Bernard Onyango, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, AFIDEP |
| Enhancing Population Environment and Development (PED) Policy and Practice through Knowledge Management | Dr. Joan Castro, Executive Vice President, PATH Foundations Philippines Inc |
| Poster Session 4
16 November 2022 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bangkok), PEACH Pre-function Area |
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| Measurement approaches for estimating prevalence and dynamics of traditional method use: A study in four African countries | Dr. Maame Peterson Research and Policy Analyst, AFIDEP |
| Panel Presentation: Opportunities and Challenges in Generating and Using Evidence on Broad Social and Economic Impacts of Family Planning
16 November 2022 (4:15PM – 5:35PM Bangkok), PEACH Pattaya 2 |
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| Barriers, Facilitators, and Opportunities for Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive Health and Population-Environment and Development Approaches for Sustainable Development: the BUILD Project Landscape Analysis Study | Dr. Naa Dodoo, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, AFIDEP |
| Flash Presentation Session: FP, Environment and Climate Change
17 November 2022 (11:50AM – 13:10PM Bangkok), PEACH Pattaya 6 Session Moderator Mr. Clive Mutunga, Project Director, BUILD Project, AFIDEP |
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