The private sector holds great potential to reduce unmet need for family planning, and many countries are poised to adopt a total market approach for increasing contraceptive access through private pharmacies and drug shops. Policies supporting scale-up of family planning service provision and expanding method options such as DMPA-SC self-injection, must be prioritized in these entities.
The PATH-JSI DMPA-SC Access Collaborative and partners have gained valuable insights with relevance to private sector engagement on self-injection. This webinar held February 15, 2022 highlighted lessons learnt, challenges, recommendations, and considerations for policies supporting private sector engagement in self-injection in different country contexts. Specific topics included:
Financing and commodity production ecosystems
Procurement and supply chains
Service delivery and programming
Data reporting and monitoring
Advocacy
Demand generation
The discussion was moderated by Allen Namagembe, Deputy Project Director, Uganda DMPA-SC Access Collaborative, PATH.
Panelists:
Dr. Kayode Afolabi, Director and Head, Reproductive Health Division, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Dr. Daniella Munene, Member, National Executive Committee, Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya
Dr. Hortense Randrianaivo, President, Association of Pharmacists of Madagascar
Mr. Célestin Compaore, Regional Project Director, DMPA-SC, Jhpiego, Burkina Faso