Women's Choice Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; Nigeria

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Women's Choice Initiative seeks to increase access to self-injectable contraceptives for women. It will achieve 200 doses of Sayana Press to 200 women over three months, reaching 800 beneficiaries through household impact and, in the long run, over 10,000 women.

The distribution model works through Private Patent Medicine Stores (PPMS) in Bakassi LGA, Cross River State, who will be trained and supplied with Sayana Press to administer to women in their communities. Each woman will receive a three-month dose, and the providers will ensure follow-up and continuous uptake while tracking usage data. They complement this with demand-generation through household outreach, ensuring entire families benefit from improved reproductive health. What sets Women's Choice Initiative apart is its strong government partnerships, which position it to quickly transition from pilot to large-scale adoption through sustained contraceptive supply chains.

Women’s Choice Initiative was started in 2025 by Abigail Nyala. She serves as the full-time Founder and Program Director, leading efforts to expand access to reproductive health solutions for women.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 200 women through 20 patent medical stores.

• Distribute 200 proven interventions.

• Raise an additional $5,000.

FOUNDING TEAM

Abigail Princess Nyala - Founder and Program Director

Women Self-Inject Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Women Self Inject Initiative (WSII) seeks to increase access to modern contraceptives particularly self injectables (Sayana press) among women in low resource settings. WSII’s mission is “Empowering women to take control of their reproductive health needs"

The distribution model is based on private health workers who own drug shops to supply Sayana Press to women. We shall identify and train 30 private health workers (PHW) Masaka district, southern Uganda on family planning counseling and how to train women on self-injection using standard tools developed by PATH. In turn, the PHW will instruct and demonstrate self-injection technique to the women who take Sayana Press as method of choice. We believe that this model eliminates the need for women to return to a clinic every three months for re-injection and improves privacy for the users of the method.

Their team consists of 4 co-founders. Three graduate midwives, Robert Isoke, Hamiidah Nakyanzi, and Usaama Ssewankambo as well as their mentor Felister Apili who have expertise and prior experience working on sexual reproductive health and maternal child health initiatives in various parts of Uganda.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute Sayana Press to at least 500 women by the end of the pilot.\

• 30 private health workers recruited to distribute Sayana Press and trained on how to instruct and train women on self-injection with Sayana Press by the end of the pilot

• Raise an additional $40000 by the end of the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Robert Isoke - Team Leader

Nakyanzi Hamiidah - Public Relations Officer

Ssewankambo Usaama - Quality Assurance Officer

Apili Felister - Technical Lead

Madaraja Foundation

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Madaraja Foundation aims to improve the health and well-being of Ugandan women and girls by increasing access to quality sexual and reproductive health information and care.

The distribution model focuses on establishing a network of trained providers in private clinics, pharmacies, and drug shops in Mukono, Uganda, who can reliably offer self-injectable contraceptive, DMPA-SC, and support its continued use among women. To achieve this, the team will provide training and quarterly supportive supervision to enhance provider capacity, ensure availability of affordable DMPA-SC supplies through negotiations and collaborations with local importers, and support demand creation through printed communication material and community radio talk shows featuring community champions.

Madaraja Foundation was founded by Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu and Andrew Basenero, both Uganda Pharmacists with training in public health and deep passion for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights. As the Executive Director, Jacquellyn provides strategic direction and day-to-day management of the organization, while Andrew, the Program Manager, oversees planning, implementation, and management of all project activities.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Directly reach 160 women within three months

• Work with 20 private health facilities (drug shops, pharmacies and clinics), distribute 160 doses of self- injectable contraceptives.

• Raise an additional $20,000 by the end of the pilot

FOUNDING TEAM

Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu - Executive Director

Andrew Basenero - Program Manager

TONDA Uganda Limited

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Tonda Uganda is a new NGO that seeks to establish, engage and scale up community structures for the distribution and improved access of Sayana Press among rural women in Kitagwenda district.

Traditional birth attendants are the center of TONDA Uganda’s distribution model. With the support of the District Health Team, the team will identify and train 100 TBAs and 50 VHTs using PATH’s globally recommended training manual for subcutaneous self-injection. The TBAs will support 20 community dialogues, educating and empowering women before delivering them Sayana Press.

Dr. Besigye’s medical background and previous works on several collaboratives on maternal health and family planning in Kitagwenda district will go a long way in ensuring that our door-to-door traditional birth attendants-centered distribution model will reach the targeted 5000 women in the three months

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• 100 TBAs and 50 VHTs trained to support door to door campaign.

• Reach 5,000 women by the end of the pilot

• Reach 50,000 women by year two of operations

FOUNDING TEAM

Rogers Besigye - Co-founder

Brenda Naava - Co-founder

Geofrey Kaujju - Co-founder

Teso Women's Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Teso Women’s Initiative (TWI) is a Community Based Organization which distributes self-injectable contraceptives (DMPA-SC) to underserved women in Ngora District through private health care providers. These providers will be trained on how to distribute Sayana Press to women in need and teach them how to self-inject at the comfort of their homes. TWI plans to scale by enrolling up to 10,000 women in 1 year and 100,000 women in 5 years and involve stakeholders at various levels in the implementation. TWI’s long-term vision for this project is “A community where women have access to family planning services, make informed decisions and live longer.”

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 500 women by the end of the pilot

• Distribute 1,000 doses of Sayana Press by the end of three months

• Raise an additional $40,000 by the end of three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Rose Aliano - Team Leader

Clement Esiat - Business Development Officer

Godlive Olokojo - Project Coordinator

Salama Centre for Global Family Health

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Salama Centre for Global Family Health seeks to improve access to family planning services among women in underserved communities in Uganda.

Their model seeks to scale up distribution, access, and use of Sayana Press contraception through the private health networks in Jinja District. The private health networks will be recruited and trained to administer Sayana Press to women seeking contraception and train women to self-inject at the comfort of their homes.

Violette the team leader is an international development professional and was previously a GHC fellow serving with S.O.U.L Foundation. Alice has a clinical background with several years of experience in reproductive health, Joan has several years of experience in communication and stockholder engagements. Jovia will leverage her previous IT experience in multiple organizations to support the implementation of the venture.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 500 women by the end of the pilot

• Distribute 1,000 doses of Sayana Press by the end of three months

• Raise an additional $30,000 by the end of three months

FOUNDING TEAM

Violette Hilda Nalutaaya - Team Leader

Jovia Tuhaise - Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Joan Alupo - Communication and Knowledge Manager

Alice Nanteza - Technical Lead

SIRIUS Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; RWANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

SIRIUS Initiative is a social enterprise which delivers a community where everyone has access to modern contraception and every pregnancy is wanted.

SIRIUS (The brightest star in earth’s night sky) Initiative is created purposefully to tackle family planning unmet needs using a Peer-to-peer private dispensing model. A network of private dispensers will distribute SAYANA Press from our accredited store to their peers on affordable price, at door-step and at work (e.g. for sex workers) in Gasabo district (in pilot) where unmet needs of contraception is high in Rwanda.

The organization is a tightly-knighted team of 3 social entrepreneurs with a solid background in medical field and strong interests in sexual and reproductive health’s public health aspect. Emile NGABO as a coordinator and legal representative, Monique NSHUTI as Operations officer and Gratien ABANJYENZABARINDA as an officer in charge of Quality assurance, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (QA & MEAL).

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Reach 150 women in Kigali City - Gasabo District

• Distribute 150 SAYANA Press Injections (Doses)

• Reach 20,000 people by distributing 80,000 interventions (injections) by the end of Year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Emile Ngabo- Coordinator

Monique Nshuti - Operations Officer

Gratien Abanjyenzabarinda - Quality Assurance Officer

Lafiya Nigeria

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Lafiya Nigeria trains midwives, nurses, and community health workers to become “Lafiya Sisters,” specialists in family planning. Their team ensures that new mothers in hard-to-reach communities receive family planning counselling and access to contraceptives—like injectables—right after childbirth, empowering women to take control of their reproductive health.

Their mission is to empower women to have control over their reproductive autonomy. Lafiya Nigeria was started in 2021 by Yifei Jefferson Chen and Klau Chmielowska.

PILOT RESULTS AND SCALING GOALS

• Distributed 800 doses of Sayana Press to women in three months

• Reached 2,700 women by the end of Year 1

• Reached 10,700 women by the end of Year 2

• Reach 50,000 women by the end of Year 3

FOUNDING TEAM

Klaudia Chmielowska - Co-Founder and Executive Director

Yifei Jefferson Chen - Co-Founder and Director of Partnerships

Health for All Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; MALAWI

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Health for All Initiative (HAI) distributes low-cost self-injectable contraceptives to adolescent girls and women in Malawi.

The Initiative will identify groups of adolescent girls and women and increase awareness about Sayana Press by addressing cultural and religious beliefs that affect family planning uptake. Motivated community health workers (CHWs) in targeted districts and communities will be trained in counseling, storage and handling of Sayana Press, and behavior change activities to decrease stigma and promote knowledge about contraception for women. Coordination with community leaders and healthcare officials will enable widespread awareness campaigns and access to Sayana Press. Regular focus groups and collaboration with other NGOs will improve understanding of successes and drawbacks of our model and feedback will be integrated as we continue to expand our project. Health for All Initiative believes tackling the root cause of low contraceptive uptake will help in scaling up the distribution of Sayanna Press.

Health for all Initiative was founded in 2021 by Jemimah Nyirongo, Albert Kaonga, and Madeleine Dirmaco, Leonard Mndala and Madeline Stark.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 500 women with access to Sayana Press during the three-month pilot

• Reach 4,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 10,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Jemimah Nyirongo - Executive Director

Madeleine Dimarco - Fundraising & Marketing Director

Leonard Mndala - Implementation Director

Madeline Stark - Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

Albert Kaonga - Operations & Quality Improvement Director

Open Health Network

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Open Health Network distributes Sayana Press to underserved women in Uganda.

The distribution model involves Community Health Workers (CHWs) delivering Sayana press (DMPA) to underserved women in Uganda. The pilot phase of the project is being implemented in the rural district of Kisoro, located in southwestern Uganda. Open Health Network trains participating CHWs using a cascade and incentive-based approach. These CHWs then provide comprehensive family planning information, distribute Sayana Press, and teach consenting women how to self-inject. A team of 10 CHWs is supervised and technically supported by a licensed Nursing Officer or Midwife at the public health facility within their catchment.

To ensure women's continuation of contraception, Open Health Network seeks husbands' support, encourage self-injection, and translate user guides into local languages and distribute the same to trained women. The team works with medicines supervisors at targeted health facilities to support projections, quantification, ordering, and transportation of Sayana Press to resolve the challenge of consistent stock-outs. The scale-up strategy is based on the involvement of private clinics and drug shops, village women groups, and early adopters to reach over 200,000 underserved women in the next two years at a minimum cost.

Open Health network was founded in the year 2021 by a team of 4 enthusiastic social entrepreneurs: Mushime Moses, Kakeeto Henry, Mukeshimana Meridah, and Gerald Rukundo. Moses serves as a full-time executive director; Henry as a Grants and fundraising Manager; while Meridah services as the community advocacy Officer. Dr. Gerald serves as the capacity building officer responsible for the capacity building of CHWs and quality assurance.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 1,000 women with access to Sayana Press during the pilot

• Raise $400,000 within the first two years

• Reach 10,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 20,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Mushime Moses - Executive Director

Kakeeto Henry - Grants and Partnerships Manager

Rukundo Gerald - Capacity Building Officer

Mukeshimana Meridah - Advocacy Officer

Girls Hub

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Girls Hub is a youth-led feminist NGO addressing the unmet need for family planning for underserved populations in rural Nigeria.

Contraception is a powerful tool in combating poverty and with a tremendous range of health benefits, including maternal and infant survival, nutrition, and educational attainment. To increase women's access to contraceptive services in Nigeria, Girls Hub will empower Community Health Workers (CHWs) to deliver Sayana Press, an injectable contraception to women and girls in remote areas. To achieve scale and cover more marginalized women and girls across communities, Girls Hub will also consider the training of community–based distributors or clients themselves in addition to strengthening supply chain for Sayana Press in rural communities.

Girls Hub was founded in 2020 by Isaac Ejakhegbe and Osemudiame Ejakhegbe. Other team members include Dr. Mary Ama Blankson and Mr. Okhea Kelly Relobhegbe.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 1,500 women with access to Sayana Press during the pilot

• Train 50 Community Health Workers during the pilot

• Reach 5,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 10,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Isaac Ejakhegbe - Founder

Osemudiame Ejakhegbe - Co-founder

Dr. Mary Ama Blankson - Program Officer

Okhea Kelly Relobhegbe - MEL Officer

YeneHealth

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; ETHIOPIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

YeneHealth's mission is to reach, educate, and enhance women’s confidence in the use of contraceptives with the goal of addressing the unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia. YeneHealth’s pilot and first two years of operations focuses on reaching women living in the Addis Ketema region.

The YeneHealth model is based on three core elements which will be delivered through digital technology and trusted Urban Health Extension Workers.

1. Education and Awareness: Content we will disseminate on a web-based/mobile platform

2. Access to Contraceptive(s) (Sayana Press): Partnership-based distribution channel with Urban Health Extension Workers

3. R&D: Data collection system and analytics to inform our distribution operations and support resource allocation in alignment with Ethiopia’s Family Planning 2030 (data-informed policy advocacy)

The YeneHealth model strives to engage women directly, learn rapidly, iterate to improve, and fast-track to reach economies of scale.

YeneHealth is founded by Kidist Tesfaye who is a young social-entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the healthcare, education, and start-up ecosystem for over a decade. She holds a Masters degree in Education/Entrepreneurship from Harvard University and a Bachelors degree in Public Health, Global Studies and Strategic Communications from the University of Minnesota.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 200 women with access to Sayana Press and enroll them in the digital platform during the pilot

• Fundraise a minimum of $100,000 from new donors or investors in the first year of operations

• Reach 3,750 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 62,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Kidist Tesfaye - Founder

Briaze Health Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Briaze Health Initiative utilizes a ‘Private Practitioner Model’ to increase access and utilization of Sayana Press among women in Mukono District. The distribution model is unique because it seeks to train private practitioners on how to teach women to self-inject Sayana Press at their comfort.

BHI intends to reach 500 women in 3 months and 100,000 women in 5 years. Women seeking Sayana Press at private practitioners will pay a modest service fee to keep private practitioners motivated to give women transparent information and education.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Through 20 private practioners, train 500 women to self-inject 1000 doses Sayana Press

• Raise an additional $25,000 during the pilot period

• Reach 2,500 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 20,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Bridget Kyobutungi - Team Lead

Esther Nakyaze - Project Coordinator

Catherine Nakiganda - Business Development Manager

Mobiklinic

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Mobiklinic distributes the self-injectable contraceptive Sayana Press to last mile areas of Uganda, beginning in Buikwe District, Eastern Uganda.

Mobiklinic trains and deploys Community Health Providers who will distribute Sayana Press and training to women. A custom digital platform allows Community Health Providers to send feedback and data to a central point, easing communication with the founding team.

Mobiklinic was started by Andrew Ddembe and Barbara Nabigambo. Andrew is a paralegal, innovator, social entrepreneur and health equity activist, and serves as the CEO of Mobiklinic. Barbara is an accountant and women’s health activist.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 1,000 women with access to Sayana Press and raise an additional $10,000 during the pilot

• Reach 15,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 30,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Andrew Ddembe - Founder

Barbara Nabigambo - Co-Founder

Society for Impact Health Initiative Limited

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; ZAMBIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Society for Impact Health Initiative (SIHI) is a non-profit company working to meet the unmeet need for contraceptives for underserved populations by scaling up distribution of self-injectable contraceptives in rural Zambia.

The SIHI model uses an evidence-based approach and targets trained community-based distributors in injectable contraceptives to distribute self-injecetable contraceptives and train women on self-injection within their community. The pilot will launch in Mpika district of Muchinga province in Zambia before scaling nationwide.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 1,920 women with access to Sayana Press during the pilot

• Raise $80,000 during the pilot to support future scale

• Reach 250,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Abraham Chingalika - Executive Director

Richard Chimfwembe - Program Director

Prayreen Chisanga - Monitoring, Evaluation & Knowledge Management Director

HERWO

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

HERWO will utilize a peer-led model to ensure last mile delivery of Sayana Press, a self-injectable contraceptive, to adolescent girls and young women in fishing communities of Mukono district Uganda. The model is unique because it will adopt a peer-led, youth-friendly model to reach out to adolescent girls and young women in fishing communities who have the highest unmet need for modern contraception.

HERWO was started in January 2020 by Monica Bagaya, Diego Izizinga and Timothy Ssebuliba.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 1,000 women with access to Sayana Press during the pilot

• Train 100 PPMVs on Sayana Press communications and distribution during the pilot

• Reach 5,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 12,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Bagaya Monica - Team Lead

Diego Izizinga - Programme coordinator

Timothy Ssebuliba - Programmes manager

Free2Plan

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Free2Plan is a feminist, youth-led nonprofit working to meet the unmet need for family planning by distributing Sayana Press, an injectable contraceptive.

Free2Plan will empower owner-operated drug retail outlets known as Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) to deliver Sayana Press to women and girls in hard to reach areas. They will train these PPMVs on communications to drive demand and create behavior change around self-injectable contraceptives.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Provide 1,000 women with access to Sayana Press during the pilot

• Train 100 PPMVs on Sayana Press communications and distribution during the pilot

• Reach 5,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 1

• Reach 12,000 beneficiaries by the end of year 2

FOUNDING TEAM

Offor Hope Jeremiah - Co-Founder

Melanie Tejiri Idehen - Co-Founder

Brenda Effiom - SBCC Specialist

Ibukun Babarinde - Supply Chain Manager

Nwabuma Omola Daniel - MEL Manager

The Now Exchange

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; BANGLADESH

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive. 

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

The Now Exchange (TNE) will provide women's health services (starting with free injectable contraceptive access) and strengthen health systems (training clinic staff) within garment factory clinics in Gazipur, Bangladesh. By doing so, TNE aims to use and improve pre-existing health clinics as a channel to reach garment workers - 80% of whom are women - with free services that override existing barriers to health access and choice. TNE will reinforce and share knowledge around various family planning options by a) training on-site health clinic workers and b) distributing information directly to factory workers to enhance their decision-making power.

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Give 1000 women access to Sayana Press in Y1

• Scale to at least one more factory in Y2

FOUNDING TEAM

Farah Momen - Co-Founder & CEO

Giulia Bova - Co-Founder & Chief of Health Access

Power in Her Hand Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; NIGERIA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive. 

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

The proportion of women who die in pregnancy or during birth remains high in Nigeria. Some of the factors contributing to the problem and frequent births and limited access to desired methods of contraception, most notably in rural areas. Despite strong evidence that spacing births contributes to a reduction of maternal and child mortality, only 10% of the 40 million women of reproductive age are using modern contraceptive methods in Nigeria. The unmet need for family planning remains high. 

To change this narrative and increase women's access to contraceptive services in Nigeria, Power in Her Hand Initiative will pilot the training of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) to  introduce and distribute an innovative and easy-to-use injectable contraceptive, Sayana Press, in rural areas of Sokoto in Northern Nigeria. To reach even more girls and women in need of these services, Power in Her Hand Initiative will consider the training of community-based distributors in door-to-door distribution, proprietary and patent medical vendors, or clients themselves to achieve scale. 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute Sayana Press to 500 women during the pilot
• Train 100 community health workers during the pilot 
• Distribute Sayana Press to 25,000 women by the end of year 2
• Train 5,000 community health workers by the end of year 2 

 

FOUNDING TEAM

Mu'azu Muhammad - Team Leader

Bronze Health Care Initiative

SAYANA PRESS CHALLENGE; UGANDA

PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Sayana Press injectable contraceptive.  

Learn more about the Sayana®  Press Challenge and why training health providers to administer Sayana® Press can be particularly valuable for women who prefer injectable contraceptives but don’t have regular access.

DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION

Bronze Health Care Initiative will scale up last mile distribution of Sayana press in rural
Uganda giving women more power to choose when to have and not have children.

The Bronze Health Care Initiative team will import their own stock of Sayana Press into Uganda through a partnership with Pfizer Inc. Once purchased, the stock of Sayana press will be verified at the customs by Uganda revenue authority, then taken to the main store where it is counted, recorded in stock cards and stored. Then it will be distributed to various district stores managed by community based distribution facilitators (CBDFs) who are employees of Bronze. These CBDF's are area managers who will oversee a network of pharmacy store owners (also known as Community Based Distributors or CBDs) in their region. It will be the CBDF's job to coordinate the distribution of Sayana Press from the main Bronze office to each CBD or partner pharmacy across four regions of Uganda. It will also be the responsibility of the CBDF to conduct trainings on Sayana Press for each CBD and community health worker who will make the injectable contraceptive available in last mile communities. 

PILOT AND SCALING GOALS

• Distribute 600 Sayana Press units by the end of the pilot 

• Train 400 community based distributors in four districts by the end of year 1

• Distribute 26,000 units by the end of year 1 

• Reach over 100,000 clients by the end of year 1 

FOUNDING TEAM

Samuel Sanya Wafula - Executive Director

Bonvic Okuku Obanda - Inter-personal Communication Officer

Daniel Mawerere - Pharmacist