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About IPPF Americas and the Caribbean Region

IPPF has been a presence in the Americans and the Caribbean for almost 70 years. IPPF Americas and the Caribbean is committed to providing life-saving sexual and reproductive healthcare to those who are in need, especially to women, girls, and those from poor and marginalized communities.
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Appointment of IPPF Americas and the Caribbean Directors Eugenia Lopez Uribe as Regional Director and Dona Da Costa Martinez

News

3 May 2021

Appointment of IPPF Americas and the Caribbean Directors

IPPF is pleased to announce the appointment of Eugenia Lopez Uribe as Regional Director and Dona Da Costa Martinez as Deputy Regional Director of the Americas and Caribbean. They will be based in the Americas and the Caribbean Regional office (ACRO), based in Bogota, Colombia and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, respectively.
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Brandy Rodriguez Healthcare Navigator

Story

Navigating the LGBTQI Community to SRHR

For persons like Brandy Rodriguez, Healthcare Navigator at the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago (FPATT), the struggle is both real and personal. In 1999, Brandy began her transition to womanhood and since 2006 has been working with FPATT in their HIV programme for the LGBTQI Community.
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Annual Performance Report 2019

2019 Annual Performance Report

The 2019 Annual Performance Report summarizes progress made by IPPF to achieve our Strategic Framework 2016-2022 so that everyone can realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Video

Resilience

Mexfam, IPPF member association in Mexico, continued to provide free healthcare during and after the humanitarian crisis caused by record-breaking earthquakes in September 2017, despite many members of staff losing their homes and even family members.
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Evelyn Ras-Yarzagaray Executive Director Famia Planea Aruba

Story

COVID-19 inspires new approach to reaching young people during lockdown

“In the last few years, FPA’s in-school Comprehensive Sexuality Education program was growing rapidly, and then all of a sudden we hit a wall; our Island was in complete lockdown and all schools were closed. At first, we were very sad, since we were fully booked for the upcoming few months, and would lose the opportunity to reach thousands of young people”, Evelyn remembers.
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Ghislaine Koeiman, Head of Information, Education, and Communication Support at FPA

Story

Delivering contraception directly to the client

Famia Planea Aruba’s (FPA) bespoke healthcare delivery has seen successful growth since it started,“There has been an immense increase in the service in 2020 due to the pandemic. We already had the service in place, so we just had to fill in the gaps; for example, providing more hours and dates for clients to make use of the service.”
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Marta the ED from Profamilia, Colombia

Blog

Being part of IPPF: What it means for Profamilia, Colombia

IPPF interviewed Profamilia Colombia's Executive Director, Marta Royo, to discuss what it means to be a member of a global Federation like IPPF, and what her hopes are for the Americas region.
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