CTI Exchange Favorites
Here are just a few things on our must-read/listen/watch list:
● Contraceptive Technology Timeline: Travel back in time with FHI 360 and the CTI Exchange to view the history of contraceptive innovation through an interactive timeline, "From Mercury to Microneedles."
● Landscape and Projection of Reproductive Health Supply Needs Report: This report from the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition and Avenir Health provides a gap analysis for critical reproductive health supplies in low-and-middle-income countries, including for contraception. A webinar launching the report is also available. Access both a recording of this webinar and the report here.
● The Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Health: In this webinar from the Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI), Rene Almeling, Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University, presented her work examining why there is so little attention paid to men’s reproductive health and analyzing how this gap affects medical knowledge, health policy, and reproductive politics. The recording is available now.
● 20 Essential Resources for Contraceptive Product Introduction: The USAID-funded Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options (EECO) and Knowledge SUCCESS projects have curated a collection of resources to guide the introduction of contraceptive products. The selected resources can support efforts by program planners and implementers to analyze whether to make new contraceptive technologies available and how best to do so. Access these resources here.
● Establishment of the African Medicines Agency: This month the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty was ratified by 15 African Union (AU) member countries putting into motion a plan that will support African countries to better regulate medical products and coordinate the regulation of medicines across the continent. Read the AU's full press release here and learn about what this means for the continent from Health Policy here.
● New Levoplant Website: DKT International has recently launched a website dedicated to providing information about Levoplant, a subdermal levonorgestrel implant. View the new website here and learn about early efforts by FHI 360 to increase access to this implant here.
● Multipurpose Prevention Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges to Ensure Advancement of the Most Promising MPTs: This opinion piece from authors Holt et al. discusses the importance of MPTs and a potential path for moving forward the expansion of MPT product development.
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