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Consortium

To achieve access to the female condom for all, the UAFC Joint Programme is initiated by four organizations, who form the current steering committee.

I+solutions
idasolutions_150The mission at i+solutions is to improve access to quality health care services in low and middle income countries by providing training, consulting, and project implementation in pharmaceutical supply chain management. I+solutions enables its clients improve their local knowledge and facilities, thus empowering them to carry out vital public health care initiatives at the local level.
The long-term goal for most of the consulting and training engagements is that its clients attain and continue to improve their local knowledge in procuring, distributing, administering, and assessing their essential medicines programs.

World Population Foundation (WPF)
logo_wpfWPF works to improve the quality of the lives of the present and future generations by carrying out projects in developing countries in the field of reproductive health and by the awakening of policy-makers, politicians and the general public in regard to stimulating the subject population.
WPF’s mission is to work to improve the quality of life in developing countries by promoting:
• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR);
• Awareness of the importance of SRHR for sustainable human development;
• Understanding of the central role of reproductive health in population issues through awareness creation, education, resource mobilisation, and the provision of information and services, especially to women and young people.

OxfamNovib

oxno-solid-376c_150Oxfam Novib is an international development organisation and an affiliate of Oxfam International. Oxfam Novib's mission is to contribute to a just world, without poverty. It supports local organizations in developing countries to eradicate poverty. At the same time it contributes to strengthening civil society by supporting organisations that work in the interest of people's rights. Apart from working with local organisations Oxfam Novib also realises it needs to influence governments and multinationals in order to get better agreements on international trade, debt cancellation, peace, human rights, and support for the Millennium Goals.


The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)

The UAFC works with partners in Nigeria and Cameroun for the implementation of the large-scale female condom programmes.


Society for Family Health (SFH) in Nigeria

The Society for Family Health (SFH) is a Nigerian NGO incorporated in 1985. From a small organisation with 2 staff, SFH has grown to become Nigeria’s largest NGO. It is also the most successful indigenous NGO in Nigeria with over 250 staff working in 27 states and implementing nationwide distribution and mass media activities.  SFH currently has 16 regional offices in 15 states and since 2002 has been working in over 180 high-risk sites all over Nigeria.

Asociation Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS)
in Cameroun
Créée en 1996 suite à une convention de collaboration entre le gouvernement du Cameroun et l’ONG Américaine Population Services International (PSI) à but non lucratif, l’Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS) est une association de droit Camerounais. Elle a pour objet de concourir avec les autres intervenants du secteur santé et développement, à la conception et la mise en œuvre des stratégies permettant d’améliorer le bien être social des populations camerounaises. L’ACMS facilite notamment l’accès de la population à l’information, aux services et aux produits de qualité dans le domaine de la santé. L’ACMS bénéficie de manière permanente de l’assistance technique de PSI.

Knowledge Base

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Nigeria
  • Netherlands
  • Cameroon
  • UAFC lobby paper

    UAFC has developed a profound advocacy strategy in order to achieve acces to female condoms for all. For background on this strategy and to strengthen your own lobby activities you have access to this paper.

    download the document

    Breaking down the barriers!

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    Ilze Smit of UAFC Joint Programme presented the session Female Condom Programming and Advocacy: Braking down the Barriers! at the NGO Forum ICPD+15.

    read her weblog

    see the photo's of the Forum

    Trainings in Rwanda

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    "In our daily work in HIV prevention and even in our sexual and reproductive life sessions with potential users, in trainings and advocay, we talk about female condoms as you can see in these photos. I'm pushing to include FC in our major advocay themes. It recently has been included in the Rwanda National NGO forum on AIDS for the four year strategic plan (2009/2012)," says Fortunée Twiyubahe from ACORD/Oxfam International in Rwanda.

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    UAFC December newsletter is out

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    Knowledge base live

    Part of our new website is the revolutionary knowledge base. This is a repository of concepts related to the main theme of UAFC, the female condom. This repository is organized according to themes, geographic location and time. We invite you to start exploring our knowledge base.

    If you feel you have anything to contribute don't hesitate to contact us.

    ACMS Website

    In Cameroon the Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing (ACMS) works on making Female Condoms available to a large usersgroup. ACMS has its own website, with which it reaches especially young people.

    Interview with Victoria Archibong, SFH

    "I believe the introduction of the male condoms was relatively easier. This could be because it was easier to target men as the “dominant” party in relationships and the ones who will wear the condoms. There was also a lot of support from donors and IPs. The female condom is regarded more as a “woman thing”. Some men may feel threatened as the female condom will empower women in demonstrating their sexual and reproductive health rights. For Female condom programming, programmers have to be more creative and strategic."

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