Watch a recording of the webinar:
Experts from Results for Development, Population Services International (PSI), Marie Stopes International (MSI), ThinkWell and Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) explored this question in a webinar.
Integrating Family Planning with Primary Health Care: Approaches and Lessons
Thursday, March 28
9 – 10 am (US EDT)
Moderated by Rebecca Husband, Family Planning Technical Advisor, PSI
Speakers:
- Michael Chaitkin, Senior Program Officer, R4D
- Jayne Rowan, Deputy Director of Health Markets, MSI
- Dr Pura Angela Wee-Co, Health Systems Expert, ThinkWell–Philippines
- Sylvia Wamuhu, Director for Franchise and Partnership, PS Kenya
Participants:
- Explored how integration of vertical programs need not be an all-or-nothing nor all-at-once process;
- Came to understand why the implications of integration are best understood by unpacking vertical programs and the broader health system into their constituent components (e.g., policy and governance, health system inputs, organization of service delivery, etc.); and
- Learned about several countries’ efforts to integrate family planning into PHC, incluiding in the context of strategic purchasing for UHC.
The slides from the webinar are available for download here.
