Pathfinder International

Africa: Pathfinder improves the quality of and access to sexual and reproductive health care. We do this through a community-based approach to information and services, working in partnership with the government to strengthen public health systems, and transforming norms and customs that prevent people from exercising their sexual and reproductive health and rights. In sub-saharan africa, our programs include services that offer contraception, maternal and child health care, safe abortion and post-abortion care, and prevent and treat hiv and aids, gender-based violence, and cervical cancer. Pathfinder works in countries such as burkina faso, burundi, cote d'ivoire, democratic republic of the congo, ethiopia, kenya, mozambique, niger, nigeria, tanzania, togo, and uganda, among others. Pathfinder leads programs that integrate sexual and reproductive health care with maternal and child health services and hiv and aids prevention and treatment. Several of Pathfinder's programs integrate population, health, and environment interventions to address the health needs of communities and the environment in which they live simultaneously. Many of our programs in africa specifically address the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents and youth. All of our programs work with local stakeholders. We strive to strengthen relationships between clinics and the communities they serve. We also build the capacity of local governmental and ngo partners to develop, plan, implement, and monitor quality interventions; this applies to all of our africa programs.

Latin america: in peru, Pathfinder improved the health and survival of mothers and newborns through improved maternal health care and offering contraception during postpartum and post-abortion care in underserved areas of the country. Pathfinder also supported comprehensive hiv and aids prevention and treatment for key populations.

Asia/near east: in bangladesh, india, and pakistan, our programs focus on strengthening health systems to offer women and girls quality sexual and reproductive health care, including access to a wide range of contraceptive methods. In bangladesh, we work closely with the government to strengthen sexual and reproductive health care nationally, and specifically in cox's bazar, to support the health care needs of rohingya refugees. In india, we led the introduction of injectables into the public health system and continue to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of vulnerable adolescents and youth. In pakistan, we are bringing contraceptive access to women, particularly young women during the postpartum period.in all three countries, we are working to institutionalize Pathfinder interventions so that they are sustained beyond the life of our programs.