CCP will have a large presence at the fourth annual International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), held this year in Nusa Dua, Indonesia from January 25-28, 2016. Co-organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health in partnership with the National
After the birth of his third child, Sunil Kumar, a shop owner in Rustampur, Gorakhpur, chose to undergo a no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). He never told his friends. Recently, Sunil watched a film featuring Sudama, a man who discusses his decision to have an NSV. In
“Never before have so many couples shared their positive experience of contraceptive use in public and on camera!” gush Peer Educators for the Urban Health Initiative, as they tirelessly escort couples to “Happy Dampatti” contest enrollment stalls in Gorakhpur, India. Agra, Aligarh and Gorakhpur are
If couples share responsibility for family planning, happiness will follow. This is the message of the “One small decision ….can bring unlimited happiness” (Ek chota sa faisla de khushiyan hazaar) campaign. Launched by the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) in March 2009, a five-year, Bill and
Aligarh, an industrial town in Uttar Pradesh, India can now boast fourteen “Happy Dampatti,” couples who hold the key to five secrets of happiness. Life for these couples in the slums is not easy. Incomes are often less than $75 per month and many residents
Talking openly about family planning is not usual behavior for people residing in slums of Agra, India; but CCP did not set out to do anything usual in the Urban Health Initiative. From December 20-26 under the Urban Health Initiative (UHI), CCP piloted the first
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