INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION - WORLDWIDE INC

A PLANNING GRANT WAS RECEIVED BY THE GATES FOUNDATION TO CONDUCT SITE ASSESSMENTS AND A WORKSHOP TO CLARIFY RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND METHODS FOR A FULL IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH PROPOSAL TO THE FOUNDATION FOR INTEGRATION OF NEW BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION METHODS INTO IPPF MEMBER ASSOCIATION (MA) CLINICS. SITE ASSESSMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN 16 CLINICS IN KENYA, MALAWI, NIGERIA, AND ZAMBIA IN 2024. CLIENT SIMULATIONS OF THREE SCENARIOS WERE CONDUCTED AT EACH CLINIC, TOTALLING 48 SIMULATIONS. RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENTS INDICATE THAT IPPF MAS ARE TRUSTED PROVIDERS WHO CAN REACH THOSE WITH THE GREATEST NEED AND INTEREST IN THE NEWEST METHODS OF BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION. MAS WILL BENEFIT FROM GREATER INVESTMENTS IN DATA SYSTEMS AND PROVIDER CAPACITY TO EXPAND DELIVERY TO THE NEWEST METHODS OF HIV PREVENTION. AS A PART OF THE TERMS OF THE PLANNING GRANT, A ROBUST CONCEPT NOTE FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH STUDY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE GATES FOUNDATION FOR REVIEW. DURING THE YEAR 2024, BESSERMER TRUST PROVIDED USD 300,000 TO IPPF AS GENERAL SUPPORT TO PROFAMILIA, OUR MEMBER ASSOCIATION IN COLOMBIA.WITH SUPPORT OF A GRANT FROM THE BERGSTROM FOUNDATION, IN 2024 IPPF PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION SERVICES THROUGH PROJECTS IN COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, AND MEXICO. IN TOTAL, 4,314 LONG-ACTING CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, INCLUDING IMPLANTS AND INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, WERE PROVIDED TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE AND REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION. ADDITIONALLY, 558 SAFE ABORTION COUNSELLING AND SERVICES WERE OFFERED, ENSURING REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY. THE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO DISTRIBUTED 3,571 SHORT-ACTING CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, INCLUDING PILLS, INJECTABLES AND CONDOMS. THESE INITIATIVES SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO IMPROVING THE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION PROVIDED A PLANNING GRANT TO COLLECT EVIDENCE AND DATA TOWARDS DEVELOPING A LARGER GRANT PROPOSAL TO THE GATES FOUNDATION.