WHO FP Accelerator Plus

Overview

The WHO FP Accelerator Plus Project builds on past efforts by the family planning (FP) Umbrella (2015- 2018) and Accelerator projects (2019-2022) to support partners and ministries of health (MoH) to implement evidence-based, gender-responsive programmatic interventions to accelerate scaling up and sustaining the implementation of WHO recommended FP evidence based practices. The project contributes specifically to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), targets 3.1, 3.7 and 5.6 and the WHO 13th Global Programme of Work goal of 1 billion more people covered by the Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

The WHO-FP Accelerator Plus Project is coordinated by the Contraception and Fertility Care (CFC) Unit in the WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/SRH). Colleagues from different units – SHS, MNH, AVP, Gender have contributed in developing the project. It will be implemented with WHO’s Regional and Country offices over a period of 5 years (2022- 2027).

This investment will focus on the following areas: Self-care interventions for SRHR including for FP; Post pregnancy FP that includes the prevention of unintended and closely spaced pregnancies following childbirth (postpartum FP) and following abortion (Post abortion FP); Task sharing for FP, Demand generation and Social Behaviour change communication (SBCC) on available FP services; Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health Technical Assistance Coordination (TA) mechanism to provide TA that is timely, effective, efficient and contributes to strengthening national capacity; and guidance for Emerging contraception to increase coverage for methods that are not included in MEC or SPR. Gender responsiveness and digitalisation of the tools are systematically integrated across all focus areas.