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A Guide to Effective and Efficient Provision of Combined Oral Contraceptives (COCs)
2008 — This easy-to-use tool assists health workers of all levels in the implementation of four evidence-based strategies recommended by the World Health Organization to increase uptake and continuation of combined oral contraceptives (COCs). These strategies include: Quick Start (women take their first pill under observation during a clinic visit, regardless of where they are…
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Job aids for the reinjection of injectable contraceptives
2009 — FHI 360 and IntraHealth International field tested and co-branded several job aids designed to help health care providers better serve women who return for reinjections of the contraceptives depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and norethisterone enantate (NET-EN). Research that FHI 360 conducted in South Africa, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, revealed that approximately half of injectable…
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Screening checklists for safe contraceptive use and to rule out pregnancy (Nigeria)
2009 — The Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria, in partnership with FHI 360, has developed multiple job aids to assist family planning providers in Nigeria to perform essential tasks such as screening clients for method eligibility. Checklist for Screening Clients Who Want to Initiate Combined Oral Contraceptives (Nigeria) Checklist for Screening Clients Who Want to…
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Screening checklists for safe contraceptive use and to rule out pregnancy (India)
2008 — The PROGRESS project, with the goal of expanding the access to contraceptive methods using existing high-impact practices, supported the distribution of checklists that allow providers to perform the essential screening process when providing contraceptives to clients. Several checklists shown to be effective have been translated into Hindi for wider use in India. The…
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Screening checklists for safe contraceptive use and to rule out pregnancy (Uganda)
2006–2007 — FHI 360, in partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, has developed several screening tools to assist family planning providers in Uganda to perform the essential screening process when providing contraceptives to clients. The method eligibility checklists determine whether a client may safely and effectively initiate her contraceptive method of choice. The pregnancy…
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Postsecondary Success for All: Leveraging Partners and Assets
November 2013 — In 2008, FHI 360 and the Citi Foundation joined together to launch the Citi Postsecondary Success Program, now called the Postsecondary Success Collaborative. Five years and 12,000 students later, the Postsecondary Success Collaborative has transformed the way participating schools and partners in Miami-Dade County, Philadelphia and San Francisco map resources and needs and…
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Big Decisions. Better Systems.
November 2013 — This “Mobiles!” presentation by Eric Couper, Senior Program Associate, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency describes how recent changes can transform central planning in the developing world.
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Results from the HIV/STI Integrated Biological and Behavior Surveillance in Vietnam — Round II 2009
This report examines the results from the HIV/STI Integrated Biological and Behavior Surveillance (IBBS) in Vietnam, conducted from 2009–2011. Under the direction of the Vietnam Authority for AIDS Control, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology implemented the IBBS Round II among injecting drug users, female sex workers and men who have sex with men…
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Vietnam HIV/AIDS Estimates and Projections 2011–2015 (PDF in Vietnamese)
This publication aims to estimate the future impact of the HIV epidemic in Vietnam. The report, intended to inform decision making and program planning, follows HIV/AIDS estimates and projections completed in 2003 and 2007, as well as a third round of estimates and projections conducted 2010–2011.
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Enrolment and Retention in HIV Care and Treatment Services in Vietnam
This report examines the results of a qualitative study conducted in the Hai Phong and Can Tho provinces in Vietnam, which looked at the reasons some people living with HIV do not access care and treatment and why others stop using these services. The purpose of the report is to tailor existing approaches and inform…