Webinars

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Last session of the webinar series Voices of the Coalition: ForoLAC and Menstrual Health. This webinar explores how our work in supplies intersects with WASH sector efforts to improve menstrual health and hygiene with a focus on...

Second webinar of the Voices of the Coalition series: ForoLac and Menstrual Health where we explored how market based approaches can contribute to provide better access to menstrual health supplies to especially vulnerable...

ForoLAC and the RHSC Menstrual Health Supplies Workstream invites you to watch the first part of the ‘Voices of the Coalition webinar series: ForoLAC and Menstrual Health’. The series looks at menstrual health supplies landscape...

Latin America still faces the challenge of preventing and treating PPH to reduce maternal mortality. In this webinar we have reviewed the integrated management of PPH and new technologies will be presented. This webinar was...

A webinar that presents the results of the Atlas of Contraception Policies in Latin America and opens the discussion about the challenges to be addressed to ensure contraception access in our region.

Together with World Vasectomy Day, we dived into the challenges and opportunities for increasing the implementation of vasectomy as a method of family planning in the Latin American region. Yolanda Varela, a member of ForoLAC’s...

The RHSC and its ForoLAC have launched the 2024 round of LAPTOP Scholarships for Latin America and the Caribbean. In this webinar, ForoLAC presents all the details to apply and two LAPTOP scholars, Sandra Pulgarín (Colombia) and...

The Montevideo Consensus is one of the most advanced international document on Population and Development, which includes issues of Sexual Health and Reproductive Health. This year we are celebrating its 10th anniversary, as it...

SE-COMISCA presented the 2-year intervention they have been leading to reduce adolescent pregnancy in Central America and the Dominican Republic. This was a strategy that included gathering government officials to follow up a...

During this webinar, our partner APROPO presenten on the Social and Commercial Components of the RIAMA Network. RIAMA is a network of private sector SHR providers in Peru that are using economies of scale and bulk procurement to...

Feminist, activist and defender of women's human rights and youth, with a degree in Social Work, Diploma in Women's Human Rights and Public Management, Diploma in Social Research, currently Executive Director of Asociación TAN...

ForoLAC Comité Directivo and members gathered in a hybrid meeting in Panama to discuss the way forward in the region.

As hormonal IUDs become more affordable and new quality-assured brands are introduced to the market, access to this method is rapidly expanding worldwide. This trend is illustrated clearly in the 2022 Family Planning Market...

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...