Language: English
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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…
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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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Intervention Strategies That Work for Youth
2002 — Youth Issues Papers are in-depth reviews of critical topics regarding youth reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention. They include an analysis of the issue, a literature review, case studies, lessons learned, and ideas about criteria for best practices. This paper reports on programs that have helped young people in developing countries practice healthier behaviors.