November 2010 — The purpose of the Improving the Quality of Primary Education Program (IQPEP) newsletter is to highlight program achievements and contemporary issues and trends in education in Ethiopia that are of interest to colleagues in the Ministry of Education, Regional State Education Bureaus, Woreda (District) Education Offices, Colleges of Teacher Education, primary schools and the…
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September 2012 — The project used an integrated-communication approach to provide information and promote protective behaviors, such as sanitation and hygiene that can prevent or limit outbreaks of infectious disease.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…