Bolivia

ONG CIES (IPPF)

CIES is the primary organization in Bolivia committed to improving access to sexual and reproductive health services. They focus on populations that are geographically isolated and have ambitious plans for expanding services to communities that are hard to reach. CIES operates sixteen clinics and four mobile health units in remote areas. It offers a wide variety of services, including gynecological care, contraception, screening for gender-based violence, HPV vaccination, and STI testing and treatment. In 2015, CIES provided more than four million services throughout the country. It also uses digital technologies to expand their reach, and strives to ensure that Bolivians have accurate information about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. The ICA Foundation began working with CIES in August 2017, starting with an initial donation of 300 units sent to La Paz and the program has received in total 1.300 units of LNG IUS so far.

Marie Stopes International

Marie Stopes International (MSI) is one of the largest providers of sexual and reproductive health services world-wide. It has a presence in over 40 countries across the globe.

As part of the Foundation’s network collaboration with Marie Stopes International, LNG IUS were provided to MSI’s clinic network in Bolivia in 2010. To date, 1,000 LNG IUS devices have been donated. This donation contributes to MSI’s organizational objective to offer safe, convenient, long-acting reversible family planning options for women in underserved communities.

PROSALUD

Through 24 health centers and 6 second-level clinics, PROSALUD provides health services to more than 500.000 Bolivians a year. PROSALUD’s partnership with the ICA Foundation was initiated in 2012 in efforts to complement their existing health services and provide LNG IUS to women of low-economic status. A total of 200 LNG IUS were provided to PROSALUD.