PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION OF GHANA

PPAG INITIATES CHILD MARRIAGE-FREE COMMUNITY ALERT CAMPAIGN

July 1, 2021

Child and forced marriage is a human rights violation and a harmful traditional practice that continues to occur across the...

PPAG organizes a dialogue with Members of Parliament and Young People on Reproductive Health Education

July 1, 2021

According to the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDS, 2014), Ghana is characterised by young population with 14% and...

PPAG calls on Minister of Youth and Sports

July 1, 2021

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon....

PPAG Launches YENKASA

July 1, 2021

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has operationalized a digital contact center to serve as a one-stop platform for...

PPAG Organised 2nd Public Lecture

December 15, 2020

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has organised its 2nd Public Lecture under the theme, “The Increasing numbers of Sexual...

PPAG Organised a Symposium to Celebrate International Day of the Girl Child

October 27, 2020

On the 15th October, 2020. PPAG organised a girls Symposium at the Aliu Mahama sports stadium in Tamale to celebrate...

Former Youth Facilitators and Volunteers Donate to PPAG Accra Young & Wise Resource Center.

October 20, 2020

Former Youth Facilitators, Volunteers and Users of PPAG Accra Young & Wise Resource Centre, presented a 50” flat screen TV,...

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Social Franchise Initiative (SFI)
Project summary This project will draw on the best practices of an earlier Community Based Services Project (CBS) and social franchise initiative to improve uptake of SRH services across the country. The project will work with non-traditional distributors and franchisees of the MA to provide SRH information and services. The MA will however, create the…

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Project for Improving Reproductive Health in Kwahu East District
Project summary: Access to skilled delivery remains a problem in the Kwahu East District. Skilled delivery dropped from 38.4% to 35.1% against a national prevalence of 97% in 2015 (DHMT Report, 2015). The second phase of the project is in its third year of implementation. It continues to contribute towards the achievement of SDGs 3…

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Safe Motherhood
Project Title: Improving Access to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality through the Provision of Safe Motherhood, Child Survival and SRHR Services in the Northern Region of Ghana Project summary: Ghana is currently battling to reduce its high Maternal and Child Mortality rates which are currently estimated at 319/100,000 and 60/1000 live births respectively (GDHS 2014)….

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Empowering Vulnerable Adolescent Girls (10 – 19) For The Reduction Of Child Marriages And Teenage Pregnancies (UNPF-Project)-Sagnerigu and Tamale Metro
The project was aimed at enabling young people to access comprehensive sexuality education and realize their sexual rights including the right choose when and whom to marry within the context of the law. It targets young girls between the ages of 10-19 and was implemented in the Sagnarigu district and the Tamale Metropolitan Area all…

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UNFPA/PPAG Programme On Ending Child Marriage In Ghana
ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION REPORT UNFPA through PPAG implemented a programme in the upper East Region to launch and start a campaign to end child marriage. The programme targeted girls between the ages of 10-19 years and was rolled out in four communities including Gambibgo, Yarigabisi, Atulbabisi and Yikene community as well as their environs. The campaign…

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Get Up Speak Out (GUSO) – Tamale
The Get Up Speak Out (GUSO) is a youth project that is funded by the Dutch government through IPPF. PPAG works with other alliance members such as NORSAC, Curious Minds, Hope For Future Generations (HFFG), Savanna Signatures and Presbyterian Health Services- North to implement the GUSO programme. In PPAG, the project is being implemented in…

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The Comprehensive Adolescent Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights (CASRHR)
PROJECT SUMMARY The CASRHR project seeks to improve the reproductive well-being of young people between the ages of 10-24. During the year, several activities were implemented under the project. These activities were mostly community and school based where the teams reached out to ten communities and several other schools (both SHS and JHS) to provide…

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Improving Volunteer Participation in Programmes and Governance
Project Summary Volunteers, including YAM members will be mobilized and empowered to perform their policy and resource mobilization roles for the Association, through increase in volunteer drive and other initiatives. Measures will be put in place to ensure continued compliance with International, National and IPPF standards for resource mobilisation. Project Justification PPAG was born out…

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Our Programs

PPAG Adolescent and Youth Projects 2015 – 2016

1. Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health Porgramme (GHARH Programme) PPAG has successfully completed a grant making process leading to the start of a new youth project titled Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health Project – GHARH. The project is being implemented in six selected districts of the Brong Ahafo Region and in 72 communities. It is a pilot project funded…

Leadership, Management and Governance (LMG) Programme

PPAGs successfully completed the implementation of the 2015 Leadership Development Programme (LDP+ roll-out). This was possible with budget support from IPPF Africa Region (IPPFARO) which was directed towards roll-out training, monitoring and results sessions. With the 2015 roll-out, PPAG continued to see improved service delivery and service patronage at its health facilities. An additional five centers were added to those of the first roll-out in…

Program Areas

In 1999 PPAG began a three year transformation that changed focus from Family Planning (FP) for adults to SRH for young people. PPAG now focuses on the youth because they constitute thirty point nine percent (30.9%) of the population and providing them with SRH information will help them make healthy choices for themselves and future…