POLICY CHECKLIST: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL FAMILY PLANNING POLICIES
Posted on August 28, 2014 at 3:24 am
This policy brief checklist, developed by the USAID-funded Health Policy Project, draws from lessons learned and best practices in moving ...
Read MoreWomen’s empowerment and contraceptive use: The role of independent versus couples’ decision making, from a low-middle income country perspective
Posted on August 26, 2014 at 9:21 am
Introduction: There is little available evidence of associations between the various dimensions of women’s empowerment and contraceptive use having been ...
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Meeting demand for family planning within a generation: The post-2015 agenda
Posted on July 17, 2014 at 10:16 am
Expanding access to family planning has been a key aim of health and development programming for almost 50 years. During ...
Read MoreOutcomes of Accelerating Contraceptive Choice Meeting Released
Posted on July 17, 2014 at 4:24 am
In April 2014, 80 experts in program and policy development and implementation met in Nairobi Kenya to focus on actions ...
Read MoreReasons Married Women in Developing Nation Who Wish to Avoid Pregnancy Do Not Use Contraceptives
Posted on July 14, 2014 at 11:53 am
Increasing women’s access to modern contraceptive methods alone will not satisfy their unmet need for contraception, according to “Reasons for ...
Read MoreDFID Research: helping women to protect themselves against HIV
Posted on July 14, 2014 at 10:43 am
In August last year the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) received a £15 million award, from the Department for International ...
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‘Big Push’ To Reduce Maternal Mortality In Uganda And Zambia Enhanced Health Systems But Lacked A Sustainability Plan
Posted on July 14, 2014 at 10:41 am
In the past decade, “big push” global health initiatives financed by international donors have aimed to rapidly reach ambitious health ...
Read MoreUnmet Need for Contraception: Issues and Challenges
Posted on July 14, 2014 at 10:35 am
Unmet need for contraception has been a central indicator for monitoring the progress of family planning programs for 25 years. ...
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Women’s perceptions of abortion in their communities: Perspectives from Western Kenya
Posted on July 14, 2014 at 10:32 am
Unsafe abortion in Kenya is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. In October 2012, we sought to understand ...
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