What If Women Drove the Product Journey for Essential Health Supplies?

For 40 years, JSI has worked to improve maternal and reproductive health services, eliminate gender-related health disparities, and advance the health of women and girls worldwide. At this year’s Women Deliver conference (June 3–6 in Vancouver, Canada), JSI staff will discuss insights and successes from their work in international women’s health.

Join JSI at our panel discussions, which will explore women’s leadership in shaping health-product supply chains, insights from frontline women health workers, and the most effective ways to improve family planning outcomes. Visit us at Booth #652 to meet our staff and learn more about our work to promote the health of women and girls.

Follow the conference on Twitter at @JSIHealth using the hashtag #WD2019.

Featured sessions


What If Women Drove the Product Journey for Essential Health Supplies?
Monday, June 3, 9–11am | Rooms 116–117, 1st Level WEST Building | Vancouver Convention Centre

This interactive session focuses on success that comes when women manage the journey of products from manufacturer to consumer, overcoming constraints related to local markets, social norms, policies, and supply chains. Breakfast will be served. Register by June 1st. Hosted by JSI, the UN Foundation, White Ribbon Alliance, Kasha.  

How Women Deliver Health to Communities: Elevating Voices of Women at the Frontlines of Community Health
Wednesday, June 5, 7–8:30am | Princess Louisa Room | Fairmont Waterfront Hotel 

This session will highlight the voices of women who work in immunization, polio eradication, and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health efforts globally. It will explore the influence of gender on health, social, and economic outcomes in the community. Breakfast will be served. Register by June 3rd. Hosted by the Maternal and Child Survival Program, The Communication Initiative, CORE Group.

Using Evidence from the World's Largest Family Planning Programs to Reach Global Goals
Monday, June 3, 1–3pm | Room 118 | Vancouver Convention Centre

Learn from some of the largest and most effective family planning programs—including JSI's Advancing Partners & Communities—as presenters discuss areas that have increased contraceptive prevalence, prevented maternal deaths, and accelerated progress toward FP2020 targets, universal health coverage, and the Sustainable Development goals. Register online. Hosted by Evidence to Action Project; Maternal and Child Survival Program; Advancing Partners & Communities; and Post-Abortion Care Family Planning Project.

What Do Men Have To Do With It? The Merits of Male Engagement
Thursday, June 6, 5–7pm | Room 212 | Vancouver Convention Center

Join JSI's Liz Creel and fellow panelists as they discuss how men and boys can improve family planning outcomes. Register here. Hosted by Advancing Partners & Communities. Co-hosted by Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health and USAID’s Male Engagement Working Group.

More information about our family planning work