Amy Metzger of CCIH discusses the organization's work to raise awareness of the importance of family planning and help faith-based organizations work toward more secure supplies of commodities.

1. CCIH Family Planning
and
Reproductive Health
Supplies Security
Update
CCIH
Conference
10 June 2012
Amy
Metzger, MPH
Project Manager

2. CHRISTIAN CONNECTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL
HEALTH
 Promoting global health
and wholeness from a
Christian perspective.
 Sharing information and
providing a forum for
dialogue, networking, ad
vocacy, and fellowship to
the spectrum of Christian
organizations and
individuals working in 160 organizational
international health. members, 40 affiliate
members, and 350+ individual
members worldwide

3. Overview of CCIH’s Family Planning
Work
 Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) grant (USAID)
 Faith to Action and Interfaith Nairobi Declaration
 Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC)
 International Association of Public Health
Logisticians (IAPHL)
 World Learning grant (USAID)
 Getting contraceptives to health facilities guide
 FP2012 – family planning summit in London

4. Why Family Planning?
 FP ties into all MDGs especially: Target 4A: Reduce by two
thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate Target
5A: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio Target 5B:
Achieve universal access to reproductive health
 Christian organizations are uniquely poised to provide
family planning services and counseling:
 The truth is that FBOs have been providing health care and even family
planning for decades. They provide anywhere from 30-70 percent of all health
services in many African countries, and this is especially true in rural and
remote areas where government services do not always reach. *
 “The secular community can provide technology and services, but the religious
community can get to the values behind who’s making the decisions, the power
relationships in the family, and the dignity of women,” Dr. W. Henry Mosley,
professor emeritus in Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at Johns
Hopkins University. *
*http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2012/04/Do-You-Know-Where-FaithBased-Groups-
Stand-on-Family-Planning

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7. Institute for Reproductive
Health (IRH) grant (USAID)
 Providing support to members on integrating family
planning, including Fertility Awareness-Based Methods
(FAM), into existing health programs
 Participating in working groups of the Reproductive
Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) to strengthen Faith-
Based Organization (FBO) reproductive health supply
chains
 Mobilizing resources to strengthen the capacity of
facility-based and community health workers (CHWs)
from Christian Health Association (CHA) networks to
offer family planning information and services, including
FAM

8. Faith to Action and
the Interfaith Nairobi
Declaration
In 2011, CCIH joined forces with DSW (German
Foundation for World Population) and Indonesian-based
Muhammadiyah to work on a project called Faith to Action
Consultation in Nairobi with a global, interfaith team of
family planning experts
http://www.dsw-online.org/interfaith
CCIH has been working to get more faith based
organizations to endorse this declaration; currently we
have over 200 organizations, both secular and faith
based, that have signed on in solidarity with us

9. Interfaith Nairobi Declaration
We, leaders of religious institutions and faith based organizations (FBO), believe
that health is a universal value held by all faiths and a universal right for human
beings.
Our faith traditions, spiritual values and commitment to social justice lead us to believe
passionately that families should not suffer needlessly because they lack access to
health services.
We acknowledge the evidence that the health benefits of access to education and
services, and thereby averting unintended pregnancies, can be substantial. Each year
lack of family planning services and education in developing countries results in an
estimated 600,000 newborn deaths; 150,000 maternal deaths from abortion and other
pregnancy-related causes; and at least 340,000 children lose their mother.
We recognize the importance of access to information about and services to enable
families to plan the timing and spacing of their pregnancies consistent with their faith for
family well-being, for achievement of country health targets and to support achievement
of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
We respect the choice of families based on their own faith and needs and know that
stronger, healthier and thriving families and communities result when couples jointly
plan their families.
In this Declaration, we commit to leveraging our networks to support family

10. Interfaith Nairobi Declaration
Endorsements
 African Christian Health  Masjid Council, Bangladesh  Henry Mosley, MD, MPH, Professor
Associations (ACHA) Emeritus, Department of
 Missionaries of Jesus, Philippines Population, Family and
 African Council of Religious Leaders Reproductive Health, Johns
— Religions for Peace (ACRL—RfP)  Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Muhammadiyah, Indonesia Public Health
 Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation  Muslim Family Counselling Services, 
among Civilizations (CDCC), Jakarta, The Bill & Melinda Gates
Ghana Foundation
Indonesia
 Muslimat Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)  The David and Lucile Packard
 Christian Connections for International
Health (CCIH) Foundation
 New Evangelical Partnership for
the Common Good, USA  United States Agency for
 Christian Health Association of
Kenya (CHAK) International Development, Office
 Northmead Assembly of God Church of Population and Reproductive
– Zambia Health
 Christian Medical Association of India
(CMAI)
 Organization of African Instituted  Word Faiths Development
Churches (OAIC), Kenya Dialogue, Berkley Center for
 Council of Anglican Provinces of Religion, Peace & World Affairs,
Africa (CAPA), Kenya USA
 WALUBI (Indonesian Buddhist
Association)
 Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia
 DSW and DSW Kenya
 International Islamic Centre for
Population Studies and Research, Al-
Azhar University
 Innovative Development Expertise &

11.  Hope Clinic Lukuli  Emmanuel Hospital Association  IMA World Health
 Hyderus International  4B Healthcare  Christian Relief & Development ,
Inc.
 Communications Consultancy  Christian AIDS/HIV National
Alliance (CANA)  Bethany Kids
 Strategies for Hope Trust
 Ecumenical Pharmaceutical  Muslim Family Counselling Services
 Management Sciences for Health Network – EPN
(MSH)  Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission
 Concerned Christian Community of
 MIDEGO Inc . Liberia  Christian Council Of Ghana
 Global Health Action  Afro-Medical Community Health and  Redeeming Power Ministry
Welfare Services (ACHWS)
 Hardee Associates LLC  Council Of Ulama And Imams For
 Christian Health Association of Islamic Affairs
Malawi
 Free Methodist Church/DRC
 Winners Chapel International (Rev.
 Christian AIDS Bureau for E. Kwaku Boateng)
 Medical Mission Support Southern Africa (CABSA)
(Medizinische Missionshilfe)
 Christian Prayer & Retreat Centre
 Association Protestante des
 The Bridge Initiative Missions Oeuvres Médico-Sociales et
Humanitaires du Togo  Bethel Prayer Centre
 Association of Christian Hospitals (APROMESTO)
and Clinics of Guatemala (ACHC-  Federation Of Muslim Women Of
Guate)  Zimbabwe Association of Church Ghana
Related Hospitals (ZACH)
 Comprehensive Rural Health  Presbyterian Church
Project  World Community Counselling

12. Reproductive Health Supplies
Coalition
http://www.rhsupplies.org/
 Resource Mobilization and Awareness Working Group
(RMAWG) works to secure political support and increase
financial resources for enhancing the availability of RH
supplies, both at country and global level.
 Systems Strengthening (SSWG) aims to strengthen global,
regional, and country systems needed to ensure a reliable
and predictable supply of RH commodities, primarily in the
public sector.
 Market Development Approaches (MDAWG) contributes to
the goal of reproductive health (RH) supply security through
a greater focus on the "total market", which includes the
private and commercial sectors.

13. Cross Cutting Forums
• Caucus on New and Underutilized
Reproductive Health Technologies
• Latin America/Caribbean Forum on
Reproductive Health Commodity Security
• Francophone Forum – Contraceptive
Security in Francophone Africa

14. Reproductive Health Supplies
Security
 No product - No Program
 International Association of Public Health Logisticians
(IAPHL) on LinkedIn and have a listserv for dialogue -
great for field based logisticians
 Getting Contraceptives to Health Facilities guide –
needs field review – copies available and will be online
next week

15. Reproductive Health Supplies
Security
 RHInterchange: provides you access to up-to-date,
harmonized data on more than $1 billion worth of
shipments of contraceptive supplies for more than 140
countries around the world.
 AccessRH - enables clients to order multiple products
offered by a variety of manufacturers at affordable prices
pre-negotiated by UNFPA.
 Encouraging outreach to USAID mission contacts in-
country
 Need to reach out and get to know them
 Join Coordinating Committees for example, RH
Coordinating Committee
 The faith-based voice and needs must be heard

16. World Learning flexible fund
family planning grant (USAID)
 Provide family planning technical support to CCIH members
 Facilitate meetings and communications
 Translate key family planning documents into French and
Kiswahili
 Organize family planning related webinars to meet needs of
members
 Emphasize integration of family planning with other health
interventions including nutrition, HIV/AIDS, immunization
 Other grantees: SIM, MAP, Salvation Army, World Relief, World
Vision, Save the Children, International Youth Foundation and
Wellshare

17. FP2012

18. ASANTE!
GRACIAS!
Amy Metzger
.
amy.metzger@ccih.org

19. Which of your organizations are working in family
planning?
Which of your organizations are working to get family
planning supplies into their programs?
 Are you successful at getting what you need?
 If so, what have been important elements in your
success?
 If not, what can CCIH do to help?

22. CCIH Flex Fund Update
 Provide family planning (FP) technical support to CCIH
members
 Douglas supporting Salvation Army consultation in London this
month
 Would like to provide more support as needed
 Facilitate meetings and communications
 Need feedback on how this is going
 Weekly email update sufficient?
 Quarterly call?
 Translate key FP documents into French and Kiswahili
 Completed one on HIV and FP translated into both
 Have some others in mind but want feedback on what others
would be helpful to translate

23. CCIH Flex Fund Update
 Organize FP related webinars to meet needs of
members
 Planning for Gary Steele of JSI to do a contraceptive
security/logistics webinar this summer
 What other family planning based webinars would be useful?
 Emphasize integration of FP with other health
interventions including nutrition, HIV/AIDS,
immunization
 Engaging with working groups related to this, through CORE and
other venues;
 Meeting with OGAC last month
 Meeting with USAID staff assigned to FP/HIV integration
 Would like to know if your projects are integrating interventions so we
can document and share this

24. Commodity Security
 Supply Chain  Include security funding for supply chain
 Know your stock status and take
responsibility
 Support logistics MIS and annual
quantification  Coordination
 Provide capacity building for supply  Support a National Contraceptive
chain Security committee
 Donor and partner collaboration
 Policy and Regulation  Partner and civil society advocacy
 Include CS in national policy and
strategies  Commitment
 Assure national budget line item  Partner and civil society advocacy
 Include secure funding for supply chain  Investment by country government
 Country leadership for sustainability
 Financing  Engender commitment at all levels
 Know the gaps! contraceptive budget
line!
 Assure adequate funding for
procurement