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ForoLAC
ForoLAC is the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition’s Latin America and the Caribbean advisory group—advancing affordable, quality reproductive health supplies and regional perspectives in global discussions.
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What We Do
ForoLAC provides regional partners with a collaborative platform to meet, exchange experiences, and analyze common barriers, fostering collective action. By working together, the group seeks out and implements technical solutions specifically tailored to the unique challenges of the region.
Regional and International Collective Action
We promote effective collaboration between institutions and the exchange of best practices within the region and at an international level.
Knowledge Management and Data
We centralize and strengthen access to the latest contraceptive technologies and global trends in quality, equity, affordability, and choice. Produce and share key data to improve decision-making in SRH supplies access.
Provide Technical Assistance
We support member organizations in the region to develop and implement innovative solutions to LAC’s most pressing issues on SRH supplies access.
Our Focus
ForoLAC is currently the only regional forum exclusively dedicated to advancing access to SRH supplies—including contraception, maternal health, safe abortion, and menstrual health products. By working simultaneously at the regional, national, and subnational levels and engaging stakeholders across sectors, ForoLAC drives systemic change while expanding access to essential supplies. ForoLAC strengthens institutions responsible for procurement and supply chain management while enabling frontline organizations to respond to urgent SRH needs.
Rapid Assessment of Bottlenecks Inhibiting the Scale-up of Post-pregnancy Family Planning (PPFP)
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Rapid Assessment of Bottlenecks Inhibiting the Scale-up of Post-pregnancy Family Planning (PPFP)
ForoLAC, UNFPA LACRO, FP2030, PAHO, and Profamilia Colombia joined forces to produce seven reports assessing the bottlenecks that persist in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and the Dominican Republic to scale up immediate post-pregnancy family planning. A regional report was also produced eliciting commonalities and differences among countries.
These materials were produced in coordination with national Ministries of Health and are aimed at providing feasible high-impact solutions to significantly improve access to PPFP in each country.
Contraceptive Safety Indicators
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Contraceptive Safety Indicators
Twelve fact sheets (one for each country) were developed in 2019 by ForoLAC, in partnership with USAID’s GHSC-PSM, with relevant data on contraceptive security indicators created by the Deliver project in 2009, as a technical tool for decision-makers to assess the country’s progress on contraceptives access.
Countries assessed: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru.
Argentina Contraceptive Supply Factsheet 2019
Bolivia: Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Dominicana Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Ecuador: Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
El Salvador: Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Guatemala: Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Honduras: Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
México Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Nicaragua: Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Paraguay: Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Peru Contraceptive Supply Factsheet
Data for decision making
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Data for decision making
ForoLAC has consistently led the way in driving Data for Decision-Making for countries across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). By championing evidence-based strategies, ForoLAC has spearheaded two pivotal initiatives:
SEPREMI
SEPREMI is a regional platform supporting SRH procurement planning, financing advocacy, stock monitoring, and supply chain assessment, enabling governments to make data-driven decisions across procurement, distribution, and broader SRH supply chain management.
ObservAS
Powered by Colmena Consultoras, with ForoLAC support, ObservAS is Mexico’s first observatory on safe abortion services and supplies, generating data and analysis to strengthen service quality and supply availability.
ForoLAC Focused Webinars
ForoLAC hosts webinars showcasing knowledge, best practices, and innovative solutions to improve access to sexual and reproductive health supplies across the LAC region, while linking supply issues to broader SRH priorities.
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October 8, 2026
The new Structure of RHSC Member Groups: Opportunities for Collective Action for ForoLAC
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April 24, 2026
Emergency Contraception in Latin America: Experiences and Challenges
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April 16, 2026
Shared Agenda for Collective Action on Menstrual Health and Hygiene in Latin America
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March 30, 2026
Advancing RH supply security: Examples from 8 Argentinian provinces
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March 18, 2026
Navigating the new UNFPA Product Catalogue
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February 11, 2026
2026 LAC LAPTOP Scholarships
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June 10, 2025
Contraceptive Security in Argentina – application of the SCOD tool
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May 2, 2025
Innovative Solutions for Women’s Health: Advancing Diagnostics and Predictive Analytics in LATAM
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Resources
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Latest Impact Stories
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Laptop Scholar Profile
June 5, 2025
A Champion for “Sexual and Reproductive Rights for All” in Argentina
Laptop Scholar Profile
October 19, 2023
Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition State of the Coalition 2023
ForoLAC’s Comité Directivo
ForoLAC’s governing body, the Comité Directivo, is elected biennially and provides strategic leadership, priority setting, and representation on the RHSC Executive Committee.
Javiera Canales
Executive Director, Fundación Miles, Chair of ForoLAC
Chile
Susana Chavez
Head of Advocacy, Promsex
Peru
Spiros Fournogerakis
Country Director, DKT WomanCare
Brazil
Helen Leiva
Executive Director, TAN UX’IL
Guatemala
Edgard Narváez
Regional Adviser on Sexual and Reproductive Health Supply Security, UNFPA LACRO
Panama
Fabiana Yousef
Asesora Regional Estratégica, FP2030
Colombia
Mara Zaragoza
Deputy Director of Strengthening, IPAS LAC
Mexico
Ximena Lucía Armendáriz Nicho
Program Officer LAC (ForoLAC Lead)
Peru
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