Family Planning | Results for Development Corporate Website Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:50:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 Community pharmacies don’t need to prove their value. They need a place in the system. https://staging.r4d.org/blog/community-pharmacies-need-a-place-in-the-system/ https://staging.r4d.org/blog/community-pharmacies-need-a-place-in-the-system/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:49:48 +0000 https://r4d.org/?p=18141 The post Community pharmacies don’t need to prove their value. They need a place in the system. appeared first on Results for Development.

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]]> https://staging.r4d.org/blog/community-pharmacies-need-a-place-in-the-system/feed/ 0 Mainstreaming Private Pharmacies and Drug Shops into Primary Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries https://staging.r4d.org/projects/mainstreaming-private-pharmacies-and-drug-shops-into-primary-health-care-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:27:15 +0000 https://r4d.org/?post_type=project&p=17575 Private pharmacies and drug shops are often a first point of care in LMICs. See how integrating them into PHC can expand access, quality and equity.

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]]> Unlocking new frontiers in RMNCAH-N data with mobile phone surveys https://staging.r4d.org/blog/unlocking-new-frontiers-in-rmncah-n-data-with-mobile-phone-surveys/ https://staging.r4d.org/blog/unlocking-new-frontiers-in-rmncah-n-data-with-mobile-phone-surveys/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:47 +0000 https://r4d.org/?p=17299 The post Unlocking new frontiers in RMNCAH-N data with mobile phone surveys appeared first on Results for Development.

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]]> https://staging.r4d.org/blog/unlocking-new-frontiers-in-rmncah-n-data-with-mobile-phone-surveys/feed/ 0 Mariya Saleh https://staging.r4d.org/about/our-team/mariya-saleh/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:15:50 +0000 https://r4d.org/?post_type=expert&p=16721 Mariya Saleh is a public health expert and R4D fellow leading transformative health programs in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and systems strengthening.

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]]> Mariya Saleh is a medical doctor and public health expert with more than 17 years of experience designing and leading transformative health programs across Nigeria. Her work spans reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH); supply chain management; health systems strengthening; and private-sector engagement.

As a fellow at Results for Development (R4D), she is currently involved in R4D’s Access PDC project, which aims to strengthen country-led systems for equitable access to essential health commodities. Her role includes supporting stakeholder engagement, policy analysis and evidence generation to inform RMNCH product financing and delivery reforms at the federal and state levels.

Mariya’s past roles include chief of party for USAID’s Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage project at Chemonics International, where she led market-driven initiatives to expand access to quality health products and services through private-sector partnerships. Previously, she was technical director for RMNCH on the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program (GHSC-PSM), managing a portfolio of nine states and pioneering approaches to improve RMNCH product availability through sustainable drug financing and end-to-end supply chain visibility.

Her earlier leadership roles at the Palladium Group and FHI 360 contributed to strengthening Nigeria’s primary health care systems, implementing state-level health financing mechanisms and advancing policy reforms that have shaped reproductive health programming nationwide.

Mariya holds an M.Sc. in reproductive and sexual health research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an M.B.B.S. from Ahmadu Bello University. She is a recipient of the 120 Under 40: New Generation of Family Planning Leaders award from the Gates Institute.

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]]> Improving Access to Family Planning & Other Health Products through Market Development https://staging.r4d.org/projects/improving-access-to-family-planning-other-health-products/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:25:27 +0000 https://r4d.org/?post_type=project&p=16499 Through the FHM Engage project, R4D partnered with local change agents in 10 countries to strengthen health markets and expand access to family planning and other essential health products and services.

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]]> Market sizing report: Identifying opportunities in Tanzania’s family planning market https://staging.r4d.org/resources/tanzania-family-planning-market-sizing-report/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:24:44 +0000 https://r4d.org/?post_type=resource&p=16453 Explore a report on family planning in Tanzania, with subnational insights, market estimates, and tools to improve access to contraceptives.

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]]> Access to family planning in Tanzania remains uneven, with many women — especially young women — facing persistent unmet needs. While both the public and private sectors play important roles in delivering contraceptives, limited and fragmented market intelligence makes it difficult for private actors to accurately forecast demand, plan distribution and expand services. This gap hinders efforts to meet women’s reproductive health needs more effectively.

This report, produced under the USAID-funded FHM Engage project which was implemented by Results for Development (R4D) and partners, with technical analysis and modeling led by Metrics for Management (M4M), introduces a new approach to estimating family planning market size in Tanzania. By applying innovative small area estimation techniques and combining data from multiple sources, the report provides subnational insights into contraceptive use, demand and market value. It offers detailed maps, product-specific estimates, and projections of potential private sector growth, giving stakeholders — from social marketers to policymakers — practical tools for decision-making.

This resource provides actionable market intelligence to identify opportunities, target investments, and improve access to modern contraceptives. It also highlights a replicable methodology that can be applied in other countries and health sectors where granular market data is lacking.

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]]> Yohannes Addisu https://staging.r4d.org/about/our-team/yohannes-addisu/ Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:31:22 +0000 https://r4d.org/?post_type=expert&p=8621 Yohannes Addisu is a market shaping specialist at Results for Development (R4D) where he supports the co-development of market shortcoming assessment frameworks and tools and market shaping strategies.

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]]> Yohannes Addisu is a market shaping and supply chain expert with nearly 12 years of experience in governmental and non-governmental organizations. He has led multiple market barrier analyses and market shaping capacity building interventions in partnership with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Services (EPSS) and the Ethiopian Food and Drug Agency (EFDA).

At Results for Development (R4D), Mr. Addisu is a senior market shaping specialist co-leading the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and Family Planning (FP) procurement and financing project. He plays a key role in the national Reproductive Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) technical working group where solutions for addressing challenges related to financing, procurement and other supply management operations are discussed. He led the development of various strategic frameworks and SOPs to improve EPSS’s internal use for managing the RMNCH commodities forecasting and supply planning. In collaboration with EPSS’s team, he also facilitated the co-creation process to develop the EPSS’s sourcing strategy that provides strategic guidance for implementing a category management system for pharmaceuticals procurement, and for the revision of the EPSS’s procurement framework directive.

Under the leadership of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment directorates (PMED) of the ministry, Mr. Addisu was actively involved in the system design, curricula development and subsequent implementations of the pharmacy mentoring program in Ethiopia and has also contributed to the ongoing effort to include integrated pharmaceuticals logistics system (IPLS) into the continuous professional development (CPD) program.

Prior to R4D, Yohannes worked for Chemonics International Inc., Amhara Regional Health Bureau, JSI/AIDSFree project and EPSS where he led and implemented various supply chain and programmatic activities. During his tenure at EPSS Bahir Dar Hub, he was primarily responsible for the supply management of HIV and RMNCH commodities.

Mr. Addisu holds an MA in logistics and supply chain management, a BA in business management from Bahir Dar University in 2017 and a bachelor of pharmacy from Addis Ababa University in 2010. He speaks Amharic and English.

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