Options launches new programme with TAConnect in Nigeria to strengthen primary health care systems and scale maternal and newborn health innovations

Options is proud to announce that with we will launch a new two-year programme in Kano, Nigeria, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Technical Advice Connect LTD/GTE (TAConnect), to strengthen primary…

Lessons from Kenya on how a total market approach can create vibrant contraceptive commodity markets

Family planning (FP) has enormous untapped potential to transform the lives of women and their families, to improve health outcomes and to foster economic growth. However, hundreds of millions of women…

Join us at the 20th General Membership Meeting of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

Will you be at the 20th General Membership Meeting of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (16-20 October 2023)? We’ll be participating in two concurrent sessions on funding and strategy…

Empowering women and driving economic development through family planning in Madagascar

Over the past 20 years, Madagascar has made significant progress in increasing modern contraceptive use from 12.4% to 42%. However, misconceptions about family planning persist, with some…

Family planning and national health insurance schemes

Julia Kaufman, Policy Analyst for Global Health Policy at the Center for Global Development (CGD) “Channeling external resources through governments – and increasing domestic spending – are key to…

Improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Zambia

In 2018, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) launched the UK aid funded Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) programme to improve equitable access to contraceptives and…

Removing Taxes for Contraceptives in Madagascar

Providing sexual reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic

Options’ work as part of the UK Aid-funded WISH2Action programme, provides technical assistance to seven countries in South Asia (Bangladesh and Pakistan) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi, Madagascar, Zambia,…