This toolkit, developed by the Family Planning and Immunization Integration Working Group, aims to: Provide a repository of information on integrated family planning and immunization service delivery. Make evidence-based information and tools accessible for health professionals and others around the world. Identify gaps in existing resources and provide new resources and tools as needed to fill gaps. The toolkit can …
Across the Behavior Change Continuum: Assessment of Return to Fertility Messages and ÒAsmaÕs StoryÓ within the Healthy Fertility Study
The Healthy Fertility Study (HFS), conducted in Sylhet Division in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, assesses the impact of integrating family planning (FP) within a community-based maternal and newborn health (MNH) program. Behavior change and community mobilization activities within the study aim to increase postpartum contraceptive uptake, and build community support for FP use during this critical period. As a …
Across the Behavior Change Continuum: Assessment of Return to Fertility Messages and “Asma’s Story” within the Healthy Fertility Study
The Healthy Fertility Study (HFS), conducted in Sylhet Division in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, assesses the impact of integrating family planning (FP) within a community-based maternal and newborn health (MNH) program. Behavior change and community mobilization activities within the study aim to increase postpartum contraceptive uptake, and build community support for FP use during this critical period. As a …
PPIUCD Services: Start-Up to Scale-Up Regional Meeting Zambia (meeting report)
MCHIP and Population Services International’s (PSI) Support for International Family Planning Organization (SIFPO) program, with funding from USAID, convened a regional meeting in Africa to bring together international and regional experts together to advance integration of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) services into maternal health services. A total of 59 participants from 10 countries actively engaged in South-to-South learning, sharing …
Final Assessment Report: Integration of Expanded Program on Immunization and Family Planning in Liberia
From March to November 2012, Liberia’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (with technical support from MCHIP and supported by USAID) piloted a model for integrating the service delivery of immunization and family planning in 10 health facilities in Bong and Lofa counties. A final assessment, on which this report is based, was conducted in December 2012 to assess the …
Operations research to add postpartum family planning to maternal and neonatal health to improve birth spacing in Sylhet District, Bangladesh
The journal Global Health: Science and Practice has published an article entitled “Operations research to add postpartum family planning to maternal and neonatal health to improve birth spacing in Sylhet District, Bangladesh.” Co-authored by MCHIP staff, the article describes the intervention package and evaluation design of a study conducted in a rural district of Bangladesh to evaluate the effects of …
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in Rwanda
This analysis is based on the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Rwanda. It summarizes key findings related to birth and pregnancy spacing, fertility return, unmet need for and use of family planning, and contact with key services for women during the period from the last birth through two years postpartum.
Family Planning Needs during the First Two Years Postpartum in Pakistan
This analysis is based on the 2006-07 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Pakistan. It summarizes key findings related to birth and pregnancy spacing, fertility return, unmet need for and use of family planning, and contact with key services for women during the period from the last birth through two years postpartum.
Package of Malaria in Pregnancy Resources
MCHIP has compiled a collection of current malaria in pregnancy (MIP) technical and programmatic information that is particularly useful to inform individuals involved in development, management and implementation of MIP programs. The package is comprised of nine files that are organized in sequence to facilitate a self-guided review and knowledge update on MIP. The first document below summarizes the purpose …
A Documentation of Malaria Program Implementation in Burkina Faso
In collaboration with the National Malaria Control Program of Burkina Faso, MCHIP documented the status of malaria program implementation by all partners in the country. This report describes best practices/strategies that have supported malaria programming successes, as well as existing bottlenecks in malaria program implementation and recommends how these could be overcome. Available in English and French.