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FHI 360: Global Research and Services (fact sheet)
May 2012 — FHI 360 conducts and supports clinical research in resource-limited settings around the world. In collaboration with global networks and partner organizations, FHI 360 designs, implements, manages and monitors complex studies, including multisite and multicountry clinical trials. FHI 360 offers a full range of clinical research services that ensure efficient, cost-effective trials with reliable…
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An Evaluation of the Government of India’s Initiative on Contraceptives at the Doorstep by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs)
2012 — An evaluation of a pilot project to improve contraceptive access via community health workers in India has found the initiative to be promising, as 86 percent of the health workers said it would work in the long term and 75 percent of female beneficiaries were satisfied. The full report of the initiative, which addresses issues…
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Feasibility of Providing Family Planning Services Through an Agricultural Cooperative Field Day
February 2012 – The Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project has demonstrated the feasibility of using non-health institutions to improve access to family planning and community health services in rural areas of Kenya. Seven field-day health camps organized by FHI 360 with agricultural cooperatives supported by Land O’Lakes International Development offered a convenient and free channel…
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IUCD Post-training Evaluation
May 2012 — In collaboration with FHI 360’s Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project, Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health conducted a post-training evaluation in 37 woredas where providers had been trained by Ipas, Marie Stopes International Ethiopia, and EngenderHealth to deliver intrauterine device (IUD) services. Results of the evaluation, which determined the extent of IUD…
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2012 Comprehensive Family Planning Training Evaluation Report (Ethiopia)
November 2012 – With support from FHI 360’s Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project, FHI 360 researchers and independent consultants evaluated a group of comprehensive family planning trainings that were conducted by the Integrated Family Health Program (IFHP) in Ethiopia. This report describes the success of the trainings as well as weakness that need to…
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A Situation Analysis of Family Planning in Ethiopia: Full Report
October 2012 — This report describes the results of a situation analysis conducted by Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health, with support from FHI 360’s Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project, to assess the readiness of the health system to expand the delivery of family planning services in select sites. Information on the capacity to provide long-acting…
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Confronting the Glass Ceiling of Youth Engagement
As young people become more engaged in local civic and political affairs, they risk encountering a glass ceiling to substantive participation. Such a challenge to youth participation is often an issue of power imbalance. The first step to breaking the glass ceiling is for young people to understand, embrace and leverage their power as citizens…
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Quality Improvement Stories: Improving the System of Care for Malnourished Children Infected with HIV in Delhi, India
March 2012 — Under the Strengthening Abilities to Manage and Respond Effectively to HIV/AIDS (SAMARTH) project, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development, FHI 360 and a Delhi-based nongovernmental organization, Women’s Action Group (WAG) CHELSEA, worked together to address malnutrition among children with HIV. Using a quality improvement framework and community-based approach, the project treated…
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FHI 360 Strategy for Palliative Care for HIV and Other Diseases
February 2009 — Palliative care — the combination of measures that relieves suffering and improves quality of life for those facing life-threatening illness — begins from the point of diagnosis and continues through death and bereavement. Palliative care is one of the most important forms of care for individuals with active, progressive or far-advanced illness. Yet…
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection Among African Women
August 2012 — The primary results of a trial of once-daily oral Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection among women in Africa (FEM-PrEP) are presented in an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The FEM-PrEP study was stopped early, on April 18, 2011, because of a lack of efficacy. Despite targeted…