Improving the health of women, men and children in our countries of intervention in West and Central Africa is at the heart of our mission. Good health is the cornerstone of community and economic development. We take an integrated, holistic approach to understanding what populations need to be healthy and to researching and addressing the health challenges they face. Our analyzes and interventions are evidence-based and accountable to the communities we serve, as well as to our funders and other partners. We work with local partners to create and implement innovative programs that improve the well-being of the communities in which we operate.

Our service offering includes:

– behavior change to encourage lower-risk practices in the areas of malaria, reproductive health, safe motherhood, and family planning;

– training professional health workers in safe motherhood, family planning, and child survival;

– training community health workers on family planning and child survival;

– improving the quality of services by building providers’ capabilities and support systems, as well as developing norms, procedures, and standards; and

– developing effective systems for managing the supply of contraceptives and other fp/rh commodities; mobilizing communities—including community health workers, service providers, health officials, and religious and traditional leaders—to support increased access to malaria prevention services, and use of family planning services.

• Behavior change to encourage lower-risk practices in the areas of malaria, reproductive health,

safe motherhood, and family planning;

• Training professional health workers in safe motherhood, family planning, and child survival; • Training community health workers on family planning and child survival