Resource Type: Research paper or report
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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…
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Behavioral and Biologic Surveillance Survey: Female Sex Workers
2000 — This resource was published under the USAID-funded IMPACT project.
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TB CARE I: Year 2, 3rd Quarter Report
August 2012 — The global resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) over the past decades has been fueled by emerging drug resistance, co-infection with increasingly prevalent HIV and decreasing investments in public health systems. These challenges call for innovative, strategic approaches and more efficient, cost-effective programs. TB CARE I is a coalition of seven international TB control organizations,…
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Task Sharing in Family Planning
June 2009 — This document explores the concept of task sharing. A key feature of task sharing is that health workers with less medical or paramedical training can provide some of the same services with the same quality as those with more training. While the term “task sharing” is new, the concept has been applied for…
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Symposium to Develop a Comprehensive Strategy for IUD Repositioning
2007 — With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development through the Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Technologies Research and Utilization program, FHI 360 initiated a project to revitalize family planning, especially the intrauterine device (IUD), in Uttar Pradesh, India. FHI 360 collaborated on this effort with the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the government…
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Safety and Feasibility of Community-Based Distribution of Depo Provera in Nakasongola, Uganda
June 2005 — Throughout Africa, the popularity of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (commonly known as DMPA or Depo Provera) has increased dramatically in recent years. From its negligible availability 10 years ago, DMPA now dominates the method mix in dozens of countries worldwide, including Uganda. Given increases in both the contraceptive prevalence rates and population, the overall…
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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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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.
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HIV Incidence Among Women at Higher Risk in Beira, Mozambique
HIV prevention trials require recruitment and retention of populations at higher risk for HIV infection. Epidemiologic studies allow researchers to measure HIV incidence rates while strengthening site clinical research capacity. The studies can also demonstrate whether recruitment, retention and incidence rates are suitable for future prevention trials. Researchers from the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), FHI…