Join FP2020 by Making a Commitment

In August 2015, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020.

• In 2015, we launched two new monitoring and evaluation initiatives–the first an impact evaluation of our Kenya investment, which is being managed by the International Centre for Research on Women; secondly, performance monitoring and generation of user-insights as Sayana Press is rolled-out in Nigeria, which is being managed by the University of California San Francisco.
• We recognize the importance of strengthening adolescent-specific data collection and analysis, and to link this with advocacy and accountability. Our health team is working on a new investment to leverage existing surveys to better track adolescent indicators related to reproductive health outcomes and risk factors, which we hope to launch in 2016.

In August 2015, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020.

• In 2014, CIFF made a $16.9 million three year commitment to increase contraceptive choice for girls and women by scaling-up Sayana Press–a unique 3-month contraceptive injection that offers the potential of self-injection. This investment includes a subsidy that immediately reduced the price of Sayana Press, funding for health worker training to counsel girls and women, and research to determine the acceptability, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of self-injection.
• In 2014 and 2015, CIFF has continued to be a guarantor within the Implants Access Program. CIFF has provided a guarantee for both Implanon and Jadelle that has halved the procurement price of these long-acting methods. Building on this support, in 2014, CIFF made a $13.5 million three year commitment to dramatically increase access to long-acting methods as part of comprehensive contraceptive choices for adolescents in Kenya. This aims to prevent over 60,000 unintended pregnancies amongst teenage girls, strengthen the evidence base of what works, and influence other family planning programs by demonstrating how a focus on adolescents can meaningfully contribute to the achievement of FP2020 goals.
• Over 2015, CIFF’s health team is working on a new multi-country investment to transform the way family planning providers serve adolescents, placing girls at the center of the program design. We hope to launch this in 2016.
• We are finalizing our strategic framework for adolescent reproductive health and its relationship to FP2020 goals. We aim to share this in 2016.