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Teens Supporting Teens for Better Sexual Health in Malawi
young people received youth-friendly health services through the Tunza Family Health Network in Malawi from June 2014-March 2015.
How do you reach 10-24 year olds with information and services for their sexual and reproductive needs? What will they relate to and actually use? PSI Malawi went directly to the source by creating a youth advisory board. The group oversees PSI Malawi’s efforts to reach youth, making sure that programs resonate with their audience. Also, through its Tunza Family Health Network of franchised health centers, PSI Malawi and many of the youth they work with train healthcare providers to deliver youth-friendly services. The environments they create make discussing health decisions and receiving critical services more comfortable.
Outside the health centers, PSI Malawi runs a program called YouthAlert!, which addresses under-discussed and often taboo topics to help young people make informed choices on sex, relationships and contraception. It includes a popular radio show, which offers information about these tough subjects in an edgy way. Radio listening clubs, discussion groups and other outreach efforts within YouthAlert! direct people to the youth-friendly services of the Tunza Family Health Network.
In Malawi nearly one in every five people are between the ages of 15 and 24, yet many face major barriers to getting information and accessing services for sexual and reproductive health. This leaves young people vulnerable just as they begin to experience their sexuality and make important decisions about sexual behaviors.
Curious to know what teens talk about when they talk about sex?
Funders: USAID, Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
Delve Deeper: YouthAlert! Facebook Page
Photo credit: PSI Malawi
Market Development for New Contraceptive Products
women in the developing world have an unmet need for contraception.
How do you create a market for new products? In Zambia, Malawi, Madagascar and India, PSI and partners are developing a contraception value chain – from product developers to manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, distributors, policy regulators, providers and consumers. PSI joins WomanCare Global, USAID and others to create a roadmap for new product introduction in developing countries around the world.
The new methods fall into four product lines: a contraceptive gel; new barrier methods; a long-acting, hormonal intrauterine system (IUS) and intra-vaginal rings. Each product addresses one or more reasons women choose not to use currently available contraceptives. For example, the new products are non-hormonal, discreet and/or appropriate for breastfeeding women. Most are methods that women can use on her own, without reliance on a male partner or health provider to initiate.
Globally, more than 220 million women do not want to get pregnant within the next two years but are not using a modern method of contraception. Various barriers exist for women, including poor availability of contraceptives, high costs of products and services and low education about fertility. But the most common reasons are often related to the methods themselves, such as side effects from hormones. Research shows that women are more likely to use contraception when they have more options to choose from. By giving a woman more options, we make sure that she can voluntarily make an informed choice about the method that is right for her.
What do you think is the biggest concern women have when choosing a form of contraception?
Funders: USAID, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) | Partners: WomanCare Global (Prime), International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Every1Mobile
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Photo Credit: PSI Malawi
2014 Health Impact
The Scale of PSI Programming In 2014
4,334,884 unintended pregnancies prevented. (MDG 5*)
10,530 maternal deaths prevented. (MDG 5)
478,545 deaths due to malaria, diarrhea & pneumonia prevented. (MDG 4 & 7)
260,517 HIV infections prevented. (MDG 6)
811,165 long-acting, reversible contraceptives inserted (including implants and intrauterine devices), empowering women and couples to plan for the families they desire. (MDG 5)
353,924 voluntary adult medical male circumcisions performed, preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). (MDG 6)
2,137,790 voluntary testing and counseling sessions for HIV and other STIs conducted, reducing transmission rates and increasing access to treatment through referrals. (MDG 6)
38,841,985 long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, protecting families from malaria. (MDG 4 & 6)
1,143,414,790 male and female condoms, preventing transmission of HIV and other STIs and empowering women and couples to plan for the families they desire. (MDG 5 & 6)
2,846,858 diarrhea treatment kits, saving children’s lives by reducing the severity and duration of diarrheal disease. (MDG 4)
24,218 courses of directly observed therapy, saving lives by treating tuberculosis. (MDG 6)
841,682 pre-packaged antibiotics, saving lives by treating pneumonia. (MDG 4 & 8)
17,845,632 courses of artemisinin–based combination therapy, saving lives by treating malaria. (MDG 4 & 8)
13 billion liters of water treated with water treatment products. (MDG 4, 6 & 7)
*MDG = Millennium Development Goal
In 2014, PSI added an estimated 53.7 million years of healthy life with our products and services.
PSI estimates the impact of its health interventions using the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY), a unit of measurement developed by the World Bank and the World Health Organization to estimate years of life lost due to death and disability. We track each product we deliver and service we provide. We then use mathematical models to calculate the DALYs averted by our work.
OUR IMPACT: Years of Healthy Life Added
About PSI
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A global network structure of more than 65 member organizations.
A 43-year track record of developing cutting-edge health solutions.
The ability to take proven health interventions to scale.
ONLY TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS CAN WE
Invent effective health solutions.
Test concepts and bring investments to the right ideas.
Free 1.2 billion from poverty within our lifetime.
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Financial Statements
With every $35.54 you invested in PSI in 2013, you gave a mother and her child a year of healthy life.
2014 REVENUE BY DONOR
EXPENSES BY YEAR (IN MILLIONS)
REVENUE BY YEAR
DONORS*
AstraZeneca United Kingdom
Australian AID
Barbara Jones
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Civil Society Fund
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Government of India
Government of the Netherlands
Government of South Africa
Indrani Goradia
KfW
Merck & Co., Inc.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Unilever
United Kingdom Department for International Development
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations Office for Project Services
United Nations Population Fund
United States Agency for International Development
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States Department of Defense
World Health Organization
* Donors listed contributed a minimum of U.S. $1 million in 2014.
The figures on this page are excerpted from statements and schedules issued by PSI’s external auditors. Copies of audited statements are available upon request from PSI in Washington, DC. Please email [email protected].
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