Reproductive and maternal health

we put reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health at the centre of everything we do.

While the overall reproductive and maternal health situation is improving for many women and children in developing counties, there is still a long way to go. Many women of reproductive age still die when giving birth, girls and adolescents are not able to access or use family planning without stigma and prejudice. The health and nutritional status of newborns and young children is often lacking. Having many children makes it harder for families to support them properly, and this puts pressures on their education, women’s roles in society and the environment’s resources. Men are still not involved in the health and wellbeing of their families as they should be and government health systems struggle to provide high-quality and available services to those that need them most.

Reproductive and maternal heath is the central focus of Halcyon’s work, and cuts across the public and private sectors, and all stages of programme cycles.  Key areas of expertise within RMNCAH include maternal and new born health, family planning and adolescents. We help design, implement and evaluate programmes and their impact on women and girls, and support governments to develop better policies, strategies and resources to support programmes. Through our community work we tackle the barriers that prevent reproductive and maternal health services from being used, and we integrate nutrition into programme interventions to support pregnant women and children under five.

EXAMPLES OF OUR EXPERTS AND EXPERIENCE.

Rob Wood is a leading international reproductive health expert with 15 years expertise. Between 2013 and 2018 he served as the Technical Director and Team Leader on DFID’s £28m family planning programme in Kenya. He served as a senior advisor to the national Ministry of Health on the family planning market and supported Kenya’s FP2020 international commitments.  Rob has helped design reproductive health programmes in Pakistan for DFID, supported Bhutan’s first Child Health Strategy and provided ongoing technical support to large programmes in many countries including Nigeria, India, Sierra Leone, Somalia and others.

Colette Ajwan’g is a senior expert in population, reproductive health and family planning policy, advocacy, planning, programming and research in east and southern Africa. With over 20 years’ experience she is a trusted and respected advisor to the government of Kenya and the Ministry of Health, both at the national level and in the counties. Colette has worked extensively for some of the best-known and respected policy and advocacy organisations and programmes, including Population Reference Bureau, USAID’s Health Policy Project, Population Action International and UNFPA.

Philip Wambua is a senior maternal and child health expert with 18 years experience working for multiple clients across more than 16 counties in East and Southern Africa. Philip has worked extensively for UNICEF and WHO and is currently leading a three-country assessment on birth registration for UNICEF He also has extensive expertise on adolescent programming, having been trained by WHO as a global expert to support countries adopt the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents' Health 2016 – 2030.