Webinars

In Latin America and the Caribbean, there have been different experiences with the creation of inter-institutional committees to promote access to contraceptives and strengthen sexual and reproductive health strategies. These...

RHSC has launched a new round of scholarships for young professionals working in the field of logistics and health supply management in Latin America and the Caribbean. The webinar aims to disseminate information about the LAPTOP...

Strategies were designed to obtain import licenses for medical devices and medicines, in order to strengthen access and reduce costs for vulnerable populations to obtain effective and safe contraceptives. Bearing in mind that...

Peru's Ministry of Health presents on the access to modern contraceptives since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including maternal mortality and market segmentation.

Positive Menstruation (Menstruación en Positivo) is a program that promotes and sensitizes people to the importance of menstruation in Latin America. Each day, health and menstruation management and right are becoming more...

This webinar co-sponsored with CLACAI presented the new WHO Guidelines for safe abortion care that include Letrozol. IPAS and Gynuity shared their knowledge and the evidence for the use of this product.

Dr. Federico Tobar from UNFPA/LACRO presents on the economic impact that adolescent pregnancy has in Latin American countries.

Presentation of the Guatemala National Program on the use of misoprostol by traditional birth attendants to reduce maternal mortality.

The CENABAST Chile Case on improving access to medicines presented a promising best practice on bulk procurement of medicines for private pharmacies.

The case study can be read here: Executive Summary in English here.

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This webinar looks at the state of menstrual products and at the WASH United research findings on the changes of pricing and campaigns to eliminate taxes on menstrual products. The webinar included presentations from México and...

 FUSA ARGENTINA presented the issues that persons with disabilities face and the barriers to access sexual and reproductive health and how the DeSeAr Project with Inclusion has responded to the challenges.

As a new member of the RHSC and ForoLAC, Organon presented its Corporate Mission for the LAC Region.

The Procurement Services Branch of UNFPA presented their new product catalogue in an interactive dialogue

A suite of new fact sheets is now available in Spanish mapping data for family planning methods in 12 Latin American countries, including: national shortages and market barriers, the number of manufacturers for each method, and...

Ipas Bolivia as technical assistance to the Ministry of Health of Bolivia and in response to the need for technological tools has created two mobile apps to care for victims of sexual violence and for the use of medicines for...

Increased options for the procurement of health supplies and devices through mechanisms such as PFSCM. How to overcome procurement and supply chain challenges.

This webinar explores the high impact practice of investing in supply chain management by increasing data visibility and use, accelerating product flow, professionalizing the supply chain workforce, and capitalizing on private...

Webinar on experiences in procuring and planning for Personal Protection Equipment during COVID-19. Experiences from the Mexican Public Sector and an international NGO IPPF/WHR/INNOVA.

In this webinar, Mónica Lay, Procurement Specialist for the Latin America and Caribbean region, will explain in greater detail the purchasing process carried out through UNFPA procurement services and the existing limitations...

This webinar was meant to engage 100 teenage girls in a dialogue to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting their lives. The webinar was organized by Girl.gov and ForoLAC provided tecnological support.

This webinar presents the readiness assessment of primary and secondary health facilities to diagnose, monitor and treat women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and other HDP in India, Uganda and Mexico. It will also identify gaps...

Every day hundreds of girls marry or have an informal marital union in Mexico. This serious form of gender violence does not only affect the girl and her family, but it also prevents the Mexican society to develop fully. This...

PLAN International and UNFPA Perú presented a study which explores the situation of early marital unions in Peru. The study hopes to provide enough evidence to formulate strategies and interventions that in the long run will...

UNICEF and the Office of the Vice President of the Dominican Republic (Programa Progresando con Solidaridad PROSOLI) presented a study which explores knowledge, attitudes and practices on child marriage in order to formulate...

Access to contraceptives have a direct link with morbidity and mortality in women. Argentina and Brazil has implemented strategies to promote access to medicines and contraceptives in particular. However, these two countries still...

This webinar offered a general vision of the 52mg Levonorgestrel IUD called Avibela™, which has been launched to the market by Medicines360, a non profit pharmaceutical company dedicated to women’s products and based in San...

To celebrate its 7th Anniversary, World Vasectomy Day (WVD) will work with ProFamilia to position Colombia as the main location of the event themed this year and the slogan: "Vasectomy without borders". This webinar will be a...

This webinar shares results of a study into the causes, triggers and implications of forced early sexual relationships in Nicaragua. Based on DHS data (Demographic and Health Surveys) for the years 2001-2006, 2007-2011/12, and the...

With support from IPPF, Profamilia Colombia conducted a rapid evaluation of unmet need in sexual and reproductive health with emphasis in gender-based violence and HIV among migrant Venezuelan population in the border of...

We all know how important it is for women and children to receive life-saving commodities of assured quality and for an affordable price. But how can purchasers and donors be sure that they actually get those? In the GHSC-PSM...

Outsourcing distribution, transport and other supply chain functions to enable us to take medicines and medical supplies to the last mile is one of the strategies to improve timely availability of medicines to the public. Before...

The Maternal Health Supplies Caucus in partnership with PATH, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply project’s Maternal and Child...

The Order Management System (OMS) is available for UNFPA partners so that they can order supplies and follow their order via web. This new webinar will demonstrate the benefits of the new System to:

• Make catalogue selections
• Request...

The National Contraceptive Security Commission of Guatemala has automated the Family Planning Indicator Monitoring System in order to gather evidence of the health impact of family planning. This tool is permanently updated by all...

Profamilia researched the implementing mechanisms of the guidelines that were issued to confront the Zika epidemic in three regions of Colombia, with emphasis on Sexual and Reproductive Rights.Qualitative methods were used policy ...

Follow up to the changes in the availability and market of modern contraceptives in pharmacies of the private retail sector between 2014 and June 2017 in Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Dominican Republic, and the...

Jonathan Stack, founder of World Vasectomy Day and the General Director of the National Center for Gender Equity and Reproductive Health from the Secretaría de Salud de México, Dr. Eduardo Pesqueira Villegas, will review the...

The Economic Cost of Adolescent Pregnancy in El Salvador determines the economic impact of adolescent pregnancy for the Salvadorean Government and Nation. UNFPA El Salvador calculated the cost of adolescent pregnancy from the...

Cellphones have become indispensable toolboxes with apps for almost everything. Thanks to the new open source platform #Dónde (meaning “where” in Spanish), developed through the RHSC Innovation Fund, Argentinians can now use their...

This webinar presented how to translate scientific knowledge and evidence into real life implementation and illustrated with examples how different intervention need to adapt to local contexts in order to achieve the desired...

During this first webinar, Ados Velez May from IBP provided an introduction on how these practices were selected and then Susanna Moore from the Public Health Institute presented on practices that improved adolescent and youth SRH...

This webinar is organized by the International Consortium on Emergency Contraception (ICEC), OPS/CLAP and ForoLAC. The webinar offers an overview of the Emergency Contraception methods, the action mechanisms, the effectiveness,...

The USAID office for Latin America and the Caribbean and John Snow Inc organized with ForoLAC this webinar in order to present the experiences of companies that are transporting medicines, lab samples and other public health...

The "COMISCA® Joint Negotiation" is a mechanism for cost containment which favors access to quality, secure and effective medicines at a regional price which is lower than that obtained during individual country by country...

Gabriela Hamilton - El acceso a insumos y medicamentos - El precio como limitant