Asia & Near East

All in a Day’s Work

Woman crouching in dark room

An auxiliary nurse-midwife convinces a couple twice her age to quit a lifelong tobacco habit.

Partners in Planning

Murki doesn’t make itself, and money doesn’t grow on trees—it takes resourceful entrepreneurs in Reena and Kunna to make their business work. And it takes them something else too: family planning.

Technical Focus in Family Planning

Reaching Each Rung of the Health Care Ladder We work to ensure access to—and use of—high-quality, safe and effective voluntary family planning. We work with individuals and communities to explain the variety of contraceptives and how they work, while addressing beliefs and behaviors around their availability and use. We support facilities and providers in efficiently