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APRIL 30TH IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR FEDERAL ADVOCACY DAY! It is important for Members of Congress to hear from healthcare and other professionals that serve the infertility patient community because:  Your presence at Advocacy Day demonstrates your support for your patients and clients and reinforces that the entire infertility community is coming together on Advocacy Day. Here's how you can get involved: 1. Participate in Advocacy Day: Join us on May 14th as we meet with legislators to discuss the importance of accessible infertility treatments and the impact of IVF on American families. Your presence will lend significant weight to our cause. 2. Spread the Word: Use your platforms to raise awareness about Advocacy Day and the "Fight for Families" campaign. Every mention helps to garner more support and visibility for our cause. 3. Engage Your Employees: Encourage your team to participate in Advocacy Day, whether by attending, sharing their stories, or advocating through social media. This is a cause that touches many, and your employees' voices are powerful. 4. Sign up for Action Alerts: Stay on top of pressing legislative efforts coming down the pipeline. PLEASE NOTE: Registration is a two-step process and after you register you will need to confirm your attendance.

💪🏾Empowering communities through RH advocacy aligns seamlessly with celebrating this year’s World Logic Day in Kenya 🇰🇪. By promoting critical thinking skills based on the effective application of logic 💭, we empower both the public to actively seek out care earlier and healthcare providers with better capacity to provide optimal reproductive health care. 💡It would also empower policy makers to ensure that systems are better empowered to enable better resource allocation for quality care. This is a logical and powerful three-pronged investment at patient, provider and policy-maker levels 🔥🌟. Critical thinking fosters informed decision-making 🧠, ensuring that individuals are equipped to navigate complex healthcare choices 🧮. This would contribute to a society where effective application of knowledge becomes a powerful tool for RH process and outcome optimization 🧰. Some important areas in which logic plays a critical role in RH include 🤓: Understanding the menstrual cycle; Appreciating how fibroids adversely affect RH; Learning about how to enhance the safety of pregnancy through patient-driven monitoring; Empowering pregnant mothers to have workable birthing plans; Learning about the stages of an IVF cycle; and Appreciating the various ways of preventing and treating cancers, just to name a few Together, we can create a world where every decision is made with clarity and consideration 🛜. Acquiring and applying critical thinking skills is not just an investment in oneself but a commitment to a healthier, more informed future for ourselves and for those that will come after us. Join forces with Paul Koigi and Angela Anzeze to ensure optimized Reproductive Health outcomes! 💙 #drpaulkoigi #dranzeze #worldlogicday #rhadvocacy #kenya #health #optimizingrhoutcomes #logic #criticalthinking https://lnkd.in/dtJhcinq

What happens between an advocacy win and change implementation? How can we successfully drive change in a shifting advocacy environment? Our partners at PATH and Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition will dive into these questions and more in a webinar next month. Register here: https://bit.ly/3OZDgPt

Have you checked out EFNA's EU Elections Toolkit? It's a comprehensive resource designed to empower patient advocates and advocacy groups ahead of the upcoming #EUelections in June. The toolkit provides a range of valuable assets, including template letters to candidate MEPs, key messages, and pre-prepared social media posts. These assets are available in 9 languages, with more available on request. EFNA encourages patient advocates, advocacy groups, and individuals across Europe to make full use of the EU Elections Toolkit. By engaging with MEP candidates, both before and after the elections, we can work together to improve neurological care and enhance the quality of life for individuals living with neurological conditions and their caregivers. To access the EFNA 'EU Elections Toolkit', please visit https://lnkd.in/ersXVR7D #BrainAwarenessWeek #BrainWeek #EUhealth #neurology #BrainHealth #advocacy

Each month, the OMA Pediatric Committee reviews a pediatric-focused obesity research update to help keep you up to date about the latest findings. August's update discusses obesity and advocacy. Read the full update at https://bit.ly/3B4GuO5 #Obesity #PediatricObesity #ObesityResearchUpdate

For Day 15 of my Breakthrough ACTION Advent Calendar, I’m highlighting another #advocacy resource developed by by #SRH team: Engaging Men as Contraceptive Users. #Vasectomy is one of the most cost-effective methods of contraception but it is dramatically under-utilized, accounting for only 1.2% of contraceptive use in #LMIC countries. When countries have invested in vasectomy, uptake has been strong. Vasectomy can contribute to improving #genderequality and expanding #methodchoice. This tool provides compelling presentation content that makes it easy to advocate for vasectomy with key stakeholders. Used in conjunction with the Breakthrough ACTION Vasectomy Message Framework (also available in the link below), advocates can hone in on a key message and select content from the presentation accordingly, with some case studies to back it up! My thanks for this work go to the amazing Olivia Carlson, with support from Jennifer Boyle, Arzum Ciloglu and Dominick Shattuck, PhD. https://lnkd.in/eVQhc4vN #socialandbehaviorchange #SRH #familyplanning #advocacy #methodchoice #contraception USAID | Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

State-Level Advocacy for Inclusion and Synergy The Christian Health Association of Nigeria (CHAN) continues to demonstrate its commitment to advancing Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) services by engaging stakeholders not only on national and, importantly, state levels. On-going advocacy efforts in states are strategically focused on partnerships and strengthening collaboration between CHAN and Ministries of Health in implementing states by introducing the CHAN MNCH project, fostering integration within Technical Working Groups (TWGs), and ensuring alignment with state-level activities. We aim to empower CHAN facilities to contribute meaningfully by sharing valuable insights, context-specific experiences, and feedback at the TWG. The CHAN MNCH team has received a warm reception from the Honorable Commissioner of Health, Gombe; Dr.Habu Dahiru Dahiru in Gombe and Plateau State Sexual & Reproductive Health Coordinator; Mrs Dorcas K. Ibrahim. Additionally, in Kaduna, a productive engagement was held at the office of the Executive Secretary of, the Kaduna Primary Health Care Development Board; Mr. Hamza Ikara The Ministries of Health expressed a strong commitment to the partnership and collaboration in improving MNCH in the states. We are excited to share that government representatives have shown readiness to collaborate, welcoming the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network project and emphasizing their shared dedication to improving healthcare outcomes

As long as gynecology continues to be undervalued – women will be under- served. It is time to address biases in women’s health. The WHC is committed to addressing inequities in gynecology – Canadian women deserve access to a health system that is fair. To learn more, the Women's Health Coalition of Canada invites healthcare professionals, policymakers, and members of the public to read our Inequities report here: https://lnkd.in/gYCgHMWf #WomensHealthMatters #InvestInWomensHealth #HealthEquity #WHC #WomensHealthCoalition #WomensHealth #GynecologicalInequities #Inequity #Gynecology

📢Call for abstracts 📢 St. Paul Institute for Reproductive Health and Rights , in collaboration with St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College- SPHMMC , is proud to announce its 6th Annual Research Conference. This year's theme is "30 Years Post ICPD: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities" reflecting on three decades since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). We invite researchers, practitioners, and scholars to submit their abstracts of scientific research or program implementation experiences. This conference will provide a platform to explore the successes, address the challenges, and discuss future perspectives regarding ICPD. Your contributions will be pivotal in shaping the discussions on the way forward, ensuring that the progress made is sustained and the remaining challenges are effectively addressed. Submit your abstracts at abstract.spirhr.org and be a part of this significant gathering of experts and advocates. Together, let’s commemorate the journey of the past 30 years and strategize for a future where reproductive health and rights are universally upheld. #ICPD30 #ReproductiveRights #SRHR

Don’t miss out on our members’ events happening this week! 🗓 Join ETR for their Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Innovation Hubs Showcase, where six TPP Program’s Adolescent Sexual #Health Innovation Hubs (organizations newly funded to support teams that will #develop, refine, and test innovative program models and strategies) will teach attendees about their unique approach and how to become part of an innovation #development team. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eNvHPxQg Join the Global Health Council and the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) for the launch of GHAI’s revised Advocacy Action Guide. The Action Guide is a practical resource for #publichealth advocates to plan, organize and implement effective #advocacy, based on the experiences of civil society advocates in every region of the world. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eAKSPPGM Join Alliance member Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign for a discussion on #biotechnology innovation and #healthequity, where Dr. Ted Love will share what inspired his journey into medicine and his subsequent foray into drug development; what it takes to shepherd a company through the arduous journey of conceiving, developing, and bringing a #novel drug to market; and the biggest #opportunities he foresees in biotechnology #innovation. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eXJu2pia