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Centre Care on People
Delivering quality, inclusive and people-centred sexual and reproductive health services and information.
Evidence-based sexual and reproductive health programs serving Mauritius and Rodrigues across education, advocacy, youth empowerment, and community care.
A bold, aspirational vision approved by IPPF's Governing Council — setting priorities for the SRHR movement and guiding Member Associations worldwide.
Delivering quality, inclusive and people-centred sexual and reproductive health services and information.
Advancing rights, education, advocacy and social change to create enabling environments for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Building partnerships, strengthening communities and mobilizing collective action to address SRHR challenges.
Strengthening governance, leadership, sustainability, innovation and organizational effectiveness.
MFPWA has led sexual and reproductive health research in Mauritius for nearly five decades — covering abortion, youth sexuality, HIV/AIDS, infertility, menopause, and the situation of women and older people.
Our evidence informs national policy, mobilises funding, and ensures that advocacy for SRHR in Mauritius remains grounded in lived realities and measurable outcomes.
In 2008, the Mauritius Country Coordinating Mechanism selected MFPWA as Principal Recipient of a Civil Society Grant from the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. Renewed for Phase II (2012–2014) after a landmark Phase I.
Long-standing SRH training for peer educators, teachers, pre-weds, social workers, and community and religious leaders at national and regional levels.
Supported by IPPF, the FLE Task Force trains volunteers who deliver comprehensive sexuality education to in-school and out-of-school youth — addressing rising teenage pregnancy and STI rates, juvenile delinquency, gender-based violence and child abuse.
Improving access to quality reproductive health services through an integrated, community-based approach — meeting people where they are.
Parenting and "Responsible Parenthood" sessions delivered directly in the neighbourhoods most in need.
Parenting programmes — responsible parenthood sessions in vulnerable communities.
Free medical & contraceptive services — no-cost access at the point of care.
Specialist referrals — echography, mammography and colonoscopy.
Health fairs & media campaigns — HIV/AIDS, reproductive cancers, child abuse and ageing.
A structured movement of young people from across Mauritius that channels youth priorities into MFPWA's programs and decision-making — building leadership, equal youth-adult partnership, and advancing the adolescent agenda.
Join Us →Members train on SRH fundamentals and peer advocacy from day one.
Equal youth-adult partnership in programme design and decision-making.
Members act as advocates and peer participants, sharing SRH best practices.
Carrying the adolescent agenda to regional and Member Association levels.
Enthusiastic young people aged 18 to 24 willing to act as facilitators, educators and advocates on SRH rights can join by completing the Y.A.M. application form.
Extends HIV prevention and care across Rodrigues — social mobilization via the National Women's Council, needle exchange and methadone substitution therapy, HIV training for prison staff, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission integrated with family planning.
Delivers youth-focused SRH information and services on Rodrigues, serving as an entry point for young people into Y.A.M. and MFPWA youth programmes.