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Future Health Markets: A meeting statement from Bellagio
Policy-makers, entrepreneurs, academics and funders convened at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center from 10th-14th December 2012 to discuss the changing face of health markets, and in particular to consider future trends in such markets. Their aim was to promote a greater shared understanding and analysis of health market systems, and to consider how markets can better serve the needs of the poor in low- and middle-... Read more
Population Dynamics, Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa
A region’s population dynamics, including the size, distribution and composition of its population, influence its prospects for sustainable development. Virtually all development policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) cite the region’s rapid population growth, urbanization, and age structure as major challenges. These pressures hurt efforts to reduce poverty, ensure food security, preserve the environment, and improve education,... Read more
CALL FOR PAPERS: IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health titled: Is access enough? Understanding and addressing unmet need in Family Planning
AFIDEP is co-hosting an IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health to be held in Nanyuki, Kenya, 14-16 May 2013, with the theme: Is access enough? Understanding and addressing unmet need in Family Planning. Deadline for submission 20 December 2012. Read more about it here Read more
AFIDEP in the news
AFIDEP on the London Summit on Family Planning: http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/07/39510/ Rio News Features: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18422619 http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2012/06/pop-at-rio20-cairo-rio-and-beyond.html http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/06/22/live-from-rio20-day-four-plenary-floor-demographic-dividend-and-youth-bulge http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2012/06/pop... Read more
The London Summit on Family Planning: The Outcomes
The London Summit on Family Planning, organized by DfID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, can be seen as a success. Thanks to the mobilization and participation of development partners, civil society organizations, and more than 20 developing countries such as Rwanda, Ethiopia, India and the Philippines, 120 million more women and girls will have access to contraceptive information, services, and supplies by 2020.... Read more
Pop Audio: Eliya Zulu on Population Growth, Family Planning, and Urbanization in Africa
AFIDEP Executive Director, Eliya Zulu, was interviewed on February 11th, 2011, by former American public radio reporter Russell Sticklor, about population growth, economic growth, and Africa. This audio interview originally appeared on the New Security Beat, the blog of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program. Eliya Zulu on Population Growth, Family Planning, and Urbanization in Africa by ECSP... Read more
PRB Hosts Online Discussion on Output-Based Assistance for Reproductive Health
On January 18th, 2011, the Population Reference Bureau hosted a live online discussion featuring Dr. Ben Bellows, current associate with the Population Council's Reproductive Health program in Nairobi and former technical advisor to AFIDEP's partner organization, Venture Strategies for Health and Development. Dr. Bellows answered a range of questions on reproductive health voucher programs. The entire discussion is posted here... Read more
AFIDEP at Woodrow Wilson Center
On a panel on the "impact of the population growth factor on development", alongside Dr. Martha Campbell (CEO of Venture Strategies for Health and Development), Dr. Malcolm Potts (Chair of the Bixby Center for Population, Health, and Sustainability at U.C. Berkeley), and Dr. Jotham Musinguzi (Director of the Partners in Population and Developmen Africa Regional Office) AFIDEP Executive Director Dr. Eliya Zulu presented on Afri... Read more
AFIDEP at Research Communication and Uptake Workshop
AFIDEP Director, Dr. Eliya Zulu, was a panelist at the AusAID/DFID workshop on improving the impact of development research through better research communication and uptake, November 29-30, 2010, London, UK. Listen to Dr. Zulu's presentation at the workshop here Get more information on the workshop here You can find the conference program here: 2010-11-09 AusAID-DFID workshop detailed programme-1 Read more
AFIDEP Contributes to the Preparation of a Special Issue of The Lancet, Focused on Population, Family Planning, and the MDG’s
There is now increasing evidence that population and family planning are linked not only to the health of women, children and families but also to the achievement of international development goals and objectives more broadly – including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Indeed, a 2007 report from the United Kingdom Parliament concluded that there was “overwhelming” evidence that the MDGs “are difficult or impossible to... Read more
Kenya Moves to Revitalize its Population Program
Update: view AFIDEP's "Development Perspectives" blog post on this event here. The National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development (NCAPD), the Kenyan government's coordinating body on issues related to population and family planning, held The National Leaders' Population Conference in Nairobi between November 15th and 17th, 2010. The meeting, last held in 1989, aimed to define Kenya's population agenda and rev... Read more
AFIDEP at the Countdown to 2015 Conference on Challenging the Orthodoxies related to SRH and HIV
The African Institute for Development Policy, AFIDEP, participated in the Countdown to 2015 Conference held in London from May 17-18, 2010 at the South Bank University. The conference focused on challenging the orthodoxies related to SRH and HIV to stimulate new thinking on more effective ways of responding to SRH and HIV issues in developing countries. Dr. Eliya Zulu, AFIDEP's Director, shares his views as a Panelist a... Read more
AFIDEP is Launched!
Development efforts in Africa were energized today with the launch of AFIDEP, the African Institute for Development Policy based in Nairobi, Kenya. AFIDEP aims to facilitate the creation, translation and utilization of research evidence in development planning and resource allocation on the continent. AFIDEP will strengthen poverty alleviation efforts by helping national and regional level policy makers and the internation... Read more