Chatbots, Board Games, and More: Using Innovative Methods to Engage Men in Family Health

By USAID

Join MOMENTUM on Tuesday, June 27 at 8:00–9:30am EDT / 3:00–4:30pm EAT / 5:30–7:00pm IST for a showcase of innovative approaches to engaging men in family health programs.You will hear behind-the-scenes insights from Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Pakistan, and South Sudan about using chatbots, board games, and other programming to improve communication, generate social and behavior change, and advance gender equality.

Panelists will share examples that include promoting couple communication to improve health services; fostering child spacing using a board game; destigmatizing conversations around reproductive health and family planning with a first-of-its kind chatbot; engaging men in children’s immunization efforts; and reflecting on global vasectomy trends.

Speakers will include:

• Peter Waiswa, Co-Chair, Male Engagement Task Force, Associate Professor, Makerere University School of Public Health & Global Health Division, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (moderator)
• Akoua Roseline Yeboua, Gender Advisor, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, Côte d’Ivoire
• Kenyi Athanasi, Social and Behavior Change Advisor, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience
• Ayesha Leghari, Country Representative PSI Pakistan, MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery
• Neide Guesela, National SBCC Advisor for Mozambique, MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity
• Roy Jacobstein, Consultant, MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics

Live interpretation in French will be available.