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Jul
31
NEW STUDIES TO COLLECT REPRESENTATIVE FEMALE AND SERVICE DELIVERY POINT ABORTION DATA IN FIVE COUNTRIES
Experts at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) are leading a smartphone-based survey to gather representative data on abortion and post-abortion care (PAC) in three countries – Côte d’Ivoire, India (...
Jul
25
New Data from PMA2020/Uganda Survey Finds Women are Using More Effective Methods of Contraception
New survey results released from Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) show that 3 out of 10 Ugandan women 15-49 years old (30%) are using modern methods of contraception. A growing proportion of both married and unmarried women...
Jul
16
New Article in Health Policy and Planning: Measuring Family Planning Quality and its link with Contraceptive Use in Public Facilities in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
July 16, 2018 - A new article published in Health Policy and Planning documents the development of a composite score for family planning service quality based on health facility data and examines the influence of service quality on...
Jun
06
Nearly 30% of Ugandans have Schistosomiasis – a Highly Endemic and Neglected Parasitic Disease
Kampala, Uganda – June 5, 2018 – Survey results released from the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) project done by the Health Ministry and Makerere School of Public Health found that Schistosomiasis affects 3...
May
23
New Article Reviews Impact of Recent Birth Questions in PMA2020 Survey Platform
May 23, 2018 - A new article published in Demographic Research documents methods and assesses the quality of fertility data in Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) surveys, focusing on potential bias introduced from the type of...
May
21
PMA2020 Francophone Africa Hub Director Appointed to Scientific Advisory Panel for New Project on Family Planning and Urban Policy Development in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
en français >> May 21, 2018 – Dr. Georges Guiella, Performance, Monitoring and Accountability 2020’s (PMA2020) Francophone Africa Hub Director and Principal Investigator for PMA2020-Burkina, has been appointed to serve on...
May
21
PMA2020 Francophone Africa Hub Director Appointed to Scientific Advisory Panel for New Project on Family Planning and Urban Policy Development in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
en français >> May 21, 2018 – Dr. Georges Guiella, Performance, Monitoring and Accountability 2020’s (PMA2020) Francophone Africa Hub Director and Principal Investigator for PMA2020-Burkina, has been appointed to serve on...
May
21
Le Directeur du Hub Afrique francophone de PMA2020 est nommé membre du Conseil consultatif scientifique d’un nouveau projet sur la planification familiale et la politique urbaine en Asie du Sud et en Afrique subsaharienne
In English >> Le 21 mai 2018 – Le Dr. Georges Guiella, Directeur du Hub Afrique francophone de Performance, Monitoring and Accountability 2020’s (PMA2020) et Investigateur principal de PMA2020-Burkina, a été nomm...
May
15
New Video Highlights PMA2020’s Role in the Family Planning Data Revolution
Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) has created a video to explain the importance of high-quality family planning data. Data help track progress and build a foundation for informed policy decisions around the world....
May
08
ICRHK and PMA2020 Host Interactive Training Session Preparing Data Collectors for Next Round of Nutrition Data Collection in Kenya
The International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya (ICRHK) in collaboration with Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) at the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins...

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