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Pathfinder’s Legacy of Sustainable Health Systems Strengthening

Ethiopia,   Kenya,   Togo,   Niger,   Bangladesh,   Burkina Faso,   Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pathfinder envisions strong, inclusive, resilient health systems that ensure and integrate coverage, access, and use of quality, person-centered sexual and reproductive health and rights services into universal health coverage. This brief highlights the legacies of four Pathfinder projects that supported sustainable health systems strengthening around the world.

These snapshots describe Pathfinder’s strategic efforts across the world to advance the following:

  • Rights, agency, and choice among individuals and communities, particularly women, girls, and other historically marginalized persons and groups;
  • Universal access to diverse, responsive points of care at all levels of the health system—from community to facility to district to tertiary—for a minimum package of quality essential health services;
  • Health system resilience and readiness to withstand shocks and stressors from climate, conflict, pandemics, and other emergencies, throughout a cycle of preparation, adaptation, and recovery;
  • An enabling policy and social environment in which these individual-, community-, facility-, and system-level ideals can be achieved; and
  • Continuous monitoring and measurement of the impact and longevity of HSS interventions to inform iterative adaptation, replication, and sustained scale-up of nationally led successful programs

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Featured Stories & Perspectives

A Global Perspective on Local Action at GHPC 2024

At the Global Health Practitioner Conference (GHPC) 2024, Pathfinder International brought together voices from Kenya, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to explore…

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Reflections from GHPC 2024: Amplifying Community Voices in Climate and Health Action

The Global Health Practitioner Conference (GHPC) 2024 served as a powerful reminder of what we at Pathfinder International have long…

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Nothing About Communities Without Communities

USAID Uganda Family Planning Activity’s Localized Approach to Promoting Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies I am very grateful to…

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Local Nigerien Organizations Working to Reach Women and Girls in Fragile Settings

How MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience reaches communities in crisis In Niger, many communities are now out of reach for international…

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Wrap-Up: World Contraception Day 2024 Webinar

Young women from Burkina Faso, Jordan, Mozambique share stories of reproductive rights and choice Last week, in honor of the…

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From Policy to Practice: Revolutionizing Family Planning in Uganda

USAID/Uganda Family Planning Activity Celebrates World Contraception Day 2024 As we approach World Contraception Day 2024, Uganda faces a stark…

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Working Across Communities and Sectors to Protect and Uplift Young Women and Girls

How a Pathfinder program in Mozambique is working with a variety of community partners to prevent child, early, and forced…

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Working with the Private Sector to Build a World Where Women and Girls Thrive

Strong partnerships are behind everything we do at Pathfinder—our work with government to strengthen health systems, with local partners to…

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Reflections on Women’s Role in Crisis: Climate Change and Security

Pathfinder International recently convened the “Regional Parliamentarian Meeting on Gender Empowerment and Green Economy” in Islamabad, Pakistan. During the forum,…

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Low Dose, High Frequency: How a Clinical Mentoring Program Saves Women’s Lives in Democratic Republic of the Congo

About USAID PROSANI PROSANI USAID (USAID’s Integrated Health Program) focuses on six areas of health: maternal, newborn, and child health;…

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Her Future, Her Choice

How a Pathfinder Program is Supporting Youth on International Youth Day – and, Every Day! Pathfinder’s Her Future, Her Choice…

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Equity Must Be More Than a Buzzword 

Equity is at the foundation of Pathfinder’s work to strengthen resilient health systems, through lasting and trusted local partnerships, in…

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