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Can young people use long-acting contraception? Yes!

Young people can safely consider long-acting contraceptive methods, including hormonal and copper IUDs and contraceptive implants. These methods may be suitable regardless of age or whether someone has had children.

What matters most is having access to accurate information and a full range of contraceptive options so each person can choose the method that best fits their needs and preferences.

Every person is different, and there is no single contraceptive method that is right for everyone.

A healthcare provider can answer questions about different methods, including their benefits, possible side effects, and what to expect, and support each person in making an informed choice.

Ahead of World Contraception Day on September 26, we are joining partners around the world to share accurate information, challenge myths, and support informed contraceptive choice.

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Reliable access to contraceptive care depends on having the right supplies in the right place at the right time.

EngenderHealth is supporting health workers across all seven counties where we work in Kenya to strengthen family planning commodity management and use data more effectively to identify stock imbalances, support timely redistribution, and reduce facility-level stockouts.

Last week, health teams in Nakuru County put that work into action through training on the integrated Logistics Management Information System (iLMIS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and KEMSA.

We are proud to support stronger systems that help keep contraceptive services available and responsive to community needs.

🚨 One week from today: What is next for contraceptive choice?🚨

On September 29, EngenderHealth is joining the Gates Institute, Population Council, and Bayer for "Stronger Together: Innovations and Opportunities Shaping the Future of Contraception."

The conversation will bring together perspectives from program implementation, research, social science, and the private sector to explore what is working, where innovation is taking us, and how collaboration can help expand contraceptive choice.

EngenderHealth’s Grace Miheso will share lessons from Kenya on expanding method choice and building services that can last.

📅 September 29
⏰ 8:00–9:15 a.m. ET
💻 Live virtual roundtable + Q&A

Register now: https://loom.ly/l2rtYu8

Good reproductive healthcare should feel like someone is actually paying attention to you.

You should be able to ask questions, understand your options, and feel respected in the decisions you make about your own health.

Sexual health is about having the information, care, and freedom to make decisions about your own body and life.

Those rights become real through education, information, and services that meet people where they are and do not turn them away.

On World Sexual Health Day, we are standing for sexual health that is accessible, inclusive, and grounded in dignity.

Share this if you agree that sexual health care should be available to everyone!

We join so many around the world in mourning the loss of Gloria Steinem.

Thank you, Gloria, for a lifetime of challenging inequality, advancing the rights of women and girls, and inspiring generations to keep pushing for change.

We are grateful to have shared moments like this one with you. You will be deeply missed.

“Menstrual health is about more than products. It’s about dignity, equity, and respect. When we normalize these conversations, we transform lives.” — Traci L. Baird, President and CEO, EngenderHealth

EngenderHealth’s President & CEO, Traci L. Baird, recently joined Gloria's Foundation for a Talking Circle at Gloria Steinem’s NYC home, a space that has inspired feminist movements since 1968.

Traci shared how EngenderHealth’s global programs advance menstrual health through education, access to products, and advocacy to transform communities worldwide.

Millions of girls and women still face barriers to managing menstruation safely, but collective action and leadership are creating real change. Cross-generational conversations about menstrual health like that shared during the Talking Circle will help future generations bring more attention to this important health and rights topic.

We know what saves lives.

The challenge is making sure that care is there when a mother or newborn needs it most.

Your donation helps healthcare providers respond faster, strengthens the systems they rely on, and helps more families receive safer, respectful care before, during, and after birth.

Donate today to help deliver what works: https://loom.ly/oJ3G3QU

Dr. Moke Magoma’s residency in a remote region of Tanzania began with a night he would never forget.

Woken at 2 a.m. to perform an emergency C-section, he was told to enter through the hospital’s back door because lions were feeding on a zebra out front.

Now EngenderHealth’s Country Representative in Tanzania, Dr. Moke reflects on the patients he still remembers, the moments that changed him, and the experiences that shaped his life’s work in maternal and newborn health.

Read his story and what he believes Tanzania’s experience can teach us about the future of maternal and newborn health: https://loom.ly/g7nGBa4

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What makes childbirth safer?

It takes more than one thing. Prepared providers, essential supplies, strong referral systems, timely action, and respectful care all work together to help ensure mothers and newborns get the care they need when they need it most.

On , EngenderHealth celebrates young people not simply as the leaders of tomorrow, but as leaders shaping change today.

Across sexual and reproductive health and rights, young people are organizing, challenging outdated ideas, and bringing their lived experiences to the decisions that affect their health, rights, and futures.

Join us in listening to young people, valuing their expertise, and ensuring they have real influence in the decisions that affect their lives, today and every day!