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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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Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector’s Field Guide
2005 — This how-to guide covers the mechanics of data collection for applied qualitative research. It is appropriate for novice and experienced researchers alike. It can be used as both a training tool and a daily reference manual for field team members. The question and answer format and modular design make it easy for readers to…
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Promising and Best Practices in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for West and Central Africa – English and French
February 2006 — One of the critical focus areas of the Action for West Africa Region-HIV/AIDS (AWARE-HIV/AIDS) project is identifying, disseminating and supporting the replication in West Africa of best-practice interventions that reduce the transmission of HIV and AIDS and ensure access to treatment. This collection covers behavior change communication, voluntary counseling and testing, reduction of…
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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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Partnering for Care in HIV Prevention Trials: A How-To Manual
2008 — Ensuring the effective care and treatment of people who are HIV positive is a critically important counterpart to the search for methods to prevent the spread of the virus. Many clinical trials of new HIV prevention methods, such as vaccines and microbicides, are under way or planned in several parts of the world. The…
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Nursing Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS
March 2008 — Since the inception of the epidemic, nurses have played a crucial role in caring for individuals infected with HIV. Especially in resource-limited settings, nurses have assumed multiple responsibilities in HIV care and treatment, both in traditional nursing roles and new areas. FHI 360 published Nursing Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS, a package of…
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Network: Hormonal Contraception and HIV
2007 — Hormonal contraceptives are among the most popular and effective methods of family planning. But some studies have suggested that the use of these methods might be associated with an increased risk of acquiring HIV from an infected partner. Scientists also wonder whether HIV-infected users of hormonal contraceptives might be more likely to transmit the…
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My Changing Body: Fertility Awareness for Young People (PDF in English, French, Spanish)
2003 — My Changing Body: Fertility Awareness for Young People is a training manual that has been developed by FHI 360 and the Institute for Reproductive Health of Georgetown University to teach girls and boys ages 10 to 14 years about the changes they experience as they approach puberty. It also seeks to help youth take…