Maryjane Lacoste

Maryjane Lacoste

Maryjane Lacoste joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in May 2014, working with the Family Planning Team as the senior program officer for family planning service delivery and quality. As such, she leads and manages implementation of the Implant Access Program, ensuring that the strategy focuses on expanding access to method choice and strengthens quality of care including counseling, interpersonal communications, clinical training, service delivery, and performance monitoring.

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Opinion: An untapped approach to ensure healthier mothers and babies

Opinion: An untapped approach to ensure healthier mothers and babies

about 7 years ago // Focus On: Future of Health Partnerships

Ensuring that mothers who have just given birth have immediate access to a full range of contraceptive methods could prevent millions of maternal, infant, and child deaths. Experts from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Merck for Mothers explain the essential role the private sector can play.