& Family Planning
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – 2017!
How to write about reproductive health and family planning so that your newspaper and website are read?
On December 19-20, 2016 Kyiv hosted an educational seminar for representatives of regional and national media on "How to professionally cover reproductive health and family planning so that your site and newspaper are read and the TV programs – are watched!” Event was held by WHFP as part of the USAID «Reproductive Health in Ukraine" Project implementation.
Over 30 journalists from Kyiv and Ukrainian regions, covering issues of public health, reproductive health, reproductive rights and family planning in regional and national media participated in the workshop. During seminar, journalists had a unique opportunity to interact with leading national RH / FP experts and get "first hand" information on the priorities and pressing issues of reproductive health and family planning, the status of legal regulation of this area and urgent need for approval of the new State program "Reproductive health of the nation" for the period of 2017-2021, its major trends and challenges which is essential, particularly for regions, especially under decentralization.
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VR Health Committee held in October open public hearings on State Program “Reproductive Health of the Nation”
On October 19, 2016 Verkhovna Rada Health Committee held public open hearings devoted to the Status of Implementation of the State Program "Reproductive Health of the Nation "until 2015 and steps taken by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to ensure reproductive health of Ukrainian People for the next 5 years". Event initiated by WHFP Foundation was organized as part of SPECSI Project objectives implementation and advocacy campaign in support of the prompt approval of the Concept of the new State program "Reproductive health of the nation" for the period of 2017-2021 years by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.