Women and families want to know the healthiest time to become pregnant. Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) is an intervention to help women and families delay, space, and limit their pregnancies to achieve the healthiest outcomes for women, newborns, infants, and children, within the context of free and informed choice. Join us on January 17-27, 2012 as we discuss how women and families are using modern contraceptives and HTSP to ensure healthy fertility and lives. Discussion topics will include:

What: The 16th ICASA Conference -- "Own, Scale-up and Sustain"  When:  December 4 – 8 Where: Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Please join us for a special reception hosted by Jhpiego followed by a hands-on workshop by MCHIP at the International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal.

This summer, MCHIP and Jhpiego released the Pre-Service Education Toolkit, which outlines key programmatic steps, highlights lessons learned, and identifies relevant resources to assist country programs, donors and governments with pre-service education programs. The toolkit is targeted for midwives, but may be used for other cadres as well.