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Safety and Feasibility of Community-Based Distribution of Depo Provera in Nakasongola, Uganda
June 2005 — Throughout Africa, the popularity of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (commonly known as DMPA or Depo Provera) has increased dramatically in recent years. From its negligible availability 10 years ago, DMPA now dominates the method mix in dozens of countries worldwide, including Uganda. Given increases in both the contraceptive prevalence rates and population, the overall…
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Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Product Brief: Contraceptive Implants
August 2013 — This technical brief provides an overview of contraceptive implants. It is a part of a series published by the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition’s Caucus on New and Underused Reproductive Health Technologies.
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Prevention for Positives: A Course Module for Healthcare Professionals
January 2008 — Until recently, prevention efforts in health care settings in low-resource countries have targeted persons at risk of HIV infection. However, prevention is also crucial for HIV-positive people. People living with HIV and AIDS require knowledge and support so they can protect others from infection, protect themselves from HIV reinfection and avoid other sexually…
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Postpartum Family Planning: New Research Findings and Program Implications
July 2012 — FHI 360 and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) invited key partners to attend a series of end-of-project meetings convened by the Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project, a five-year USAID cooperative agreement awarded to FHI 360 (2008–2013). This report summarizes the end-of-project meeting on the technical area of postpartum family…
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Partnering for Promotion of FP Information Delivered by Mobile Phone
With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, FHI 360’s Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project began developing the Mobile for Reproductive Health (m4RH) project, which developed a set of text messages on family planning (fp) methods that users can access via their mobile phones. To date, m4RH has reached more than 70,000…
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Monitoring HIV/AIDS Programs
November 2004 — This training resource is designed to build skills for conducting quality monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities. The course is anchored by three core modules: Introduction to M&E; Collecting, Analyzing and Using Monitoring Data; and Developing an M&E Work Plan. The course features seven additional modules designed for specific contexts, such as home-based care…
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Reaching Young People with FP Information via Mobile Phone
Working in partnership with K4Health, the Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project is producing an mHealth implementation guide, an e-learning course, and a high-impact practices (HIP) brief that provides a summary of the literature as well as lessons learned for how to implement various mHealth approaches to support family planning objectives.
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Managing Chronic Conditions: Optimizing Health Throughout Life
March 2009 — The enormous burden currently posed by chronic disease in low-resource countries and the realistic prospect that this burden will continue to increase provide compelling reasons to rapidly address chronic illness from both a public health perspective and the impact on individual lives. This document is intended for FHI 360 global staff and other health…
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Male Circumcision Consortium (brochure)
The Male Circumcision Consortium (MCC) works with the Government of Kenya and other partners to prevent HIV and save lives by expanding access to safe and voluntary male circumcision services. This brochure provides an overview of male circumcision research to date and how this method will aid in HIV prevention.
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Integrating HIV Prevention in the Care Setting: Health Manager’s Guide
2007 — This manual includes eight important tools that help managers integrate HIV prevention into their health facilities.