Sixty-four mayors in nine regions across Senegal are now budgeting locally for family planning—a transformation in prioritizing access to contraceptives for women there. Mayors only recently obtained the authority to budget for family planning due to a change in national law in 2014. Advocates act...ed quickly and strategically to capitalize on this new authority: from 2014 to 2017, 64 mayors budgeted a total of 73.8 million West African CFA francs (XOF), about US $125,000. Although many are seemingly small amounts, typically about $2,000, these commitments reflect important, first-time contributions from these local leaders—and a strong indicator of growing local ownership for family planning.
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23rd February 2017, Protea Hotel Thuringerhof, Windhoek | 2017 Namibia ART Guidelines: Summary of New and Old Recommendations
Integrated HIV Behavioral and Serologic Surveillance
Guía para el facilitador: Personal de Salud. Material de apoyoLa publicación es el resultado de la participación de diversos actores sociales involucrados activamente en la lucha contra la tuberculosis, en el marco de la VIII Ronda del Fondo Mundial de lucha contra el SIDA, la tuberculosis y la m...alaria, que busca a través de una metodología participativa capacitar, e integrar los nuevos conocimientos y destrezas al uso cotidiano del personal de salud a fin de sumar acciones de lucha en favor de la adherencia.
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