September 13, 2021
Honouring our Volunteers – Dr. Richard Reid
Honouring our Volunteers Dr. Richard Reid, Family Physician, is a long-standing member of the JFPA and for 40 years a provider of SRH services at the Lenworth Jacobs Clinic in Kingston. Dr. Reid was introduced to the Association by Mr....
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July 31, 2021
Friends of the Association Donation
In June 2021, Friends of the Association based in Oregon, USA, donated a hand held Doppler to the Association. Photo shows CEO handing over the equipment to Clinic Nurse at the Lenworth Jacobs Clinic in Kingston....
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January 19, 2021
National Health Research Conference 2020 – Comparing the health seeking behaviours of pregnant women in two JFPA clinics in the time of COVID-19
The standard protocol for antenatal clinic (ANC) visits for no risk pregnant women followed by the Jamaica Family Planning Association (JFPA) is monthly visits up to 28 weeks gestation; followed by fortnightly visits up to 37 weeks and weekly after....
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January 19, 2021
National Health Research Conference 2020 – Is sub-dermal implant removal indicative of contraceptive discontinuation?
Modern contraceptive prevalence among women in union in Jamaica increased considerably from 62.9% in 1997 to 68.2% in 2008, progressing toward the country’s goal of 75 % prevalence by 2015 [1]. More than 85% of women of reproductive age have...
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July 13, 2020
Work to reduce sexual and reproductive health and rights inequities
MARCH 8, 2020 is celebrated as International Women's Day (IWD). This event was first promoted by the United Nations in 1975 during International Women's Year. By 1977, the UN and its member states proclaimed March 8 to be the official...
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May 14, 2020
SRHR in the time of COVID-19: Challenges and Successes. The JFPA Experience
In its more than 60 years of operation, the Jamaica Family Planning Association (JFPA) has never seen such dramatic changes in its operating environment as it has seen since the first case of the Coronavirus was reported in Jamaica in...
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