Consumer Education
USAID sponsors mass media and
public information campaigns, including posters, brochures,
and other materials, on such diverse health topics as
family planning, child survival, maternal health, nutrition,
HIV/AIDS, and prevention of other sexually transmitted
infections. The goal of the program is to improve awareness
of good health habits and help people find the services
they need.
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Comparing Effectiveness of Family Planning Methods
A panel of experts from USAID, the INFO Project JHU/CCP, EngenderHealth, and FHI drafted a chart, which presents contraceptive methods on a continuum of effectiveness to help clients make informed contraceptive choices.
- Key Reminders About Hormonal Family Planning Methods
A condensed version of the Family Planning Global Handbook for Providers, Key Reminders is configured as a simple sheet that can be hung on a wall or placed on a desk for the provider to refer to easily. The Key Reminders sheet covers five methods—combined oral contraceptives, monthly (combined) injectables, long-acting (progestin-only) injectables, implants, and progestin-only pills.
- Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers – July 2007
This handbook offers clinic-based health care professionals in developing countries the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods. One of the WHO’s Four Cornerstones of Family Planning Guidance, the book has been prepared through a unique collaboration between USAID, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and more than 30 organizations around the world.
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