Stakeholders Oriented on Application of the FP-SDGs Model in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

On September 30, 2021, HP+ oriented stakeholders from international and local reproductive health nongovernmental organizations, multilateral and bilateral partners, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ministries of health and planning on the application of the Family Planning-Sustainable Development Goals (FP-SDGs) model, which is currently underway. The model allows users to simulate the effects of family planning on a variety of health and non-health SDG indicators. It is anticipated that data resulting from use of the model will inform advocacy messages in support of a new five-year family planning strategy and ongoing family planning programs. As part of this application of the model, HP+ is developing an additional module to be completed by the end of the year connecting population to deforestation. The module is expected to simulate the impact of various policy scenarios on population as well as other factors that contribute to deforestation, such as gender, economic development, forest management, and governance.