Generations on the Rise in Pakistan: A PRB ENGAGE Multimedia Presentation
(June 2011) Generations on the Rise is a multimedia presentation set in Pakistan that examines the important link between high fertility and the health of women and children. The presentation was developed in collaboration with the National Committee for Maternal and Neonatal Health (NCMNH) and a local task force in Sindh comprising experts in family planning and reproductive health.
The Population Reference Bureau is creating these pioneering multimedia presentations in collaboration with local implementing agencies in selected countries, including Kenya, Uganda, and Pakistan. Designed to "engage" high-level policymakers and other leaders, ENGAGE presentations are capturing attention across the globe. They offer exciting new ways of exploring associations among population, health, and socioeconomic indicators across time and in a visually stimulating way that provide new perspectives for traditional messages.
Generations on the Rise highlights improvements in family planning use over time as well as the gaps in implementation. Focusing on the high level of unmet need for family planning, it presents the many costs and consequences of high fertility and unplanned pregnancies. The presentation underscores how increased family planning use can lead to improvements in the health and wellbeing of Pakistani families.
In country, each presentation is developed using a participatory approach, with multisectoral task forces established to guide the process and shape the messages. To date, the response from audiences has been overwhelmingly positive, leading to lively national policy debates and generating the kind of "buzz" that helps keep the issues alive and high on national agendas.