Evaluating our Tackling Female Genital Mutilation Initiative The TFGMI has been working since 2010 to strengthen community-based prevention of female genital mutilation (FGM), working alongside a better government response to FGM, which is now widely… Options news 19 July 2016
Improving access to safe deliveries in Kenya using transport vouchers While improvements have been made in recent years, maternal and infant mortality rates in Kenya remain unacceptably high; 362 maternal deaths out of every 100,000 live births, and 39… Options news 1 July 2016
Scaling up results-based financing in Malawi We are working with the Reproductive Health Directorate within the Ministry of Health to manage and implement the Results-based Financing for Maternal and Newborn Health Initiative (RBF4MNH). The Initiative supports… Options news 29 June 2016
New mobile app to revolutionise collection of health information The app, known as mJALI (Mobile Jamii Afya Link), will enable community health volunteers in Bungoma County to collect and relay data on key health indicators during household visits and refer patients… Options news 10 June 2016
Options provides facelift to the Sierra Leone laboratory systems Meet Ahmed, National Specimen Manager for laboratories in Sierra Leone. He lost his elder sister Hawa, a laboratory technician who worked for the Kenema Government Hospital, to the Ebola Virus Disease.… Options news 25 May 2016
Options at Women Deliver 2016 Our evening side event on Accountability for Health Results allowed people to learn more about and interact with our work in Nepal, Tanzania and Malawi as well as our regional network and platforms; MamaYe, Africa Health… Options news 25 May 2016
Options' event in Malawi identifies need to strengthen accountability The event, known as a Knowledge Café, was organised by Options and included over 150 representatives from national and local government, and civil society, the donor community and the media. The… Options news 23 May 2016
New funding for grassroots organisations in Africa working to end female genital mutilation The programme, funded by the Human Dignity Foundation, provides much needed support to poorly resourced grassroot organisations working to end female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Girl Generation’s… Options news 20 May 2016
Transparency and accountability essential for better health outcomes The Africa Health Budget Network – a group of African civil society organisations working on health budget advocacy – is at Women Deliver, calling on African governments to #ValueOurHealth by increasing… Options news 16 May 2016
Implementing a reproductive health voucher in Yemen to reach one million women in rural Yemen We have been working in Yemen with the Yamaan Foundation for Health and Social Development since April 2013, implementing a reproductive health voucher programme that reaches over 1 million… Options news 3 May 2016