{"id":7289,"date":"2016-02-08T17:34:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T17:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=7289"},"modified":"2016-02-08T17:34:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T17:34:50","slug":"a-moment-with-joan-koomson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/a-moment-with-joan-koomson\/","title":{"rendered":"A moment with Joan Koomson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AWDF ON ICFP\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUPSsfxMyQI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Joan Koomson, \u00a0AWDF&#8217;s Donor Liaison Specialist \u00a0spoke with Ghana&#8217;s Metro TV about the International Conference for Family planning \u00a0in Bali Indonesia held 25-28 January. She discussed some of the steps that have been taken in Ghana to move forward \u00a0policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). She also touched on \u00a0some of the\u00a0shortfalls and the need to strengthen the country&#8217;s policy and implementation strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Koomson, \u00a0AWDF&#8217;s Donor Liaison Specialist \u00a0spoke with Ghana&#8217;s Metro TV about the International Conference for Family planning \u00a0in Bali Indonesia held 25-28 January. She discussed some of the steps that have been taken in Ghana to move forward \u00a0policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). 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