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Current Publications
- Postpartum Care Survey Results from Sub-Saharan Africa - December 2008 [PDF, 331KB]
This report assembles survey results conducted between March and June of 2008 to identify, document, and share information on the status of postpartum care services implemented through USAID and our partners. The survey results indicate a number of opportunities to integrate postpartum family planning with many programs.
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Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services – November 2007 [PDF, 743KB]
Funded by USAID and published by the Health Information and Publications Network (HIPNET), the guide presents 29 indicators that are grouped into four categories measuring reach, usefulness, use, and collaboration/capacity building. It brings together monitoring and evaluating information products and services from dozens of health organizations that are members of the HIPNET community of practice.
- Request a print copy from orders@jhuccp.org and make sure to include your mailing address
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Integrating Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Projects: A Programming Manual – October 2007 [PDF, 996KB]
Achieving environmentally sustainable development in situations of surging population growth, declining biodiversity, and chronic poverty requires strategic planning, multidisciplinary interventions, and cross-sector linked approaches that mirror the livelihood strategies of poor households and communities. This manual was designed with such a need in mind, using evidence from programs in Madagascar, the Philippines, and other countries where integrated approaches to development have been explored and brought to scale over the past decade.
- Report to Congress: Health-Related Research and Development Activities at USAID - September 2008 [PDF, 1.2MB]
Health research is integral to USAID’s ability to achieve its health and development objectives worldwide. In 2006, USAID outlined its five-year health research strategy. With this report, USAID provides an update on this strategy for using research funds to stimulate the development and introduction of key products through 2010. Significant progress has been made in many areas, influencing policies and programming on the ground in real time.
- Options for Contraceptive Procurement: Lessons Learned From Latin America and the Caribbean – October 2006 [PDF, 1.3MB]
This study assesses the impact of different procurement regulations on the price of contraceptives in the Latin America and Caribbean region to identify viable strategies for countries to adopt in ensuring sustainable access to lower priced, quality contraceptives in sufficient quantities.
- Decentralizing and Integrating Contraceptive Logistics Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean – October 2006 [PDF, 513KB]
This paper synthesizes key considerations that policymakers, family planning managers, and logistics advisers can take into account when implementing decentralization and/or integration reforms of certain or all logistics systems functions, which will help sustain an efficient and continuous supply of contraceptives.
- Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through USAID's Health Programs: A Guide for Health Sector Program Officers – July 2006 [PDF, 1MB]
The Guide provides USAID Program Officers with specific recommendations to integrate GBV initiatives into their health sector portfolios. These guidelines are meant to complement a USAID-commissioned in-depth literature review that summarizes promising interventions from the field.
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- Diagnóstico de la Disponiblidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos en Guatemala – April 2006 [PDF, 3.8MB]
This publication, available only in Spanish, utilizes literature, policies, data on family planning use, and interviews with public and private sector officials to examine contraceptive security in Guatemala. It is part of a broader initiative to document the successes and challenges of Latin American and Caribbean countries working to ensure reliable sources of supply and delivery of contraceptives as donor support is phased out.
- CD-ROMs Available on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
- Changing a Harmful Social Convention: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting [PDF, 703KB]
The United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) Innocenti Digest examines the prevalence of FGM/C and its social dynamics. Hard copies can be ordered free in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish from the UNICEF Web site.
- Report to Congress: Child Survival and Health Programs Fund Progress Report – FY 2007 [PDF, 14MB] FY 2004 Report [PDF, 7.3MB]
This report describes USAID's strategic approaches, interventions, and achievements in health that were reported during 2007.
- Strategy for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FY 2004–FY 2006) [PDF, 434KB]
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is the name given to traditional practices that involve the partial or total cutting away of the female external genitalia and/or other injury to the female genitals, whether for cultural or nontherapeutic reasons. Under no circumstances does USAID support the practice of FGM/C by medical personnel.
- Family Planning/HIV Integration:
Technical Guidance for USAID-Supported Field Programs 2003 [PDF, 253KB]
This document includes technical insights regarding family planning/HIV integration and should be used in conjunction with USAID's Guidance on the Definition and Use of the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund [PDF, 1.2MB] for information regarding appropriate use of USAID funds.
- Get the Facts! People and the Environment – Not an Either/Or Proposition
USAID's programs in family planning and the environment show how common sense coupled with logical programming can protect and improve conditions for both people and the earth.
- Birth
Spacing: Research Update
[MS Word, 175KB]
Outline of birth spacing's
impact on infant and maternal mortality and nutritional
status.
- Gender-Based
Violence and Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS:
Summary of a Technical Update [PDF, 210KB]
On May 1, 2002, more than
130 program managers, policymakers, service providers,
and trainers attended a day-long Technical Update
on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Reproductive
Health/HIV (RH/HIV).
- Birth
Spacing: A Call to Action
[PDF, 172KB]
Research on birth intervals
has revealed that at least three years between births
improves infant, child, and maternal health.
- Global
Evaluation of USAID's Postabortion Care Program [PDF,
1.4MB]
This report is the result
of a global evaluation of postabortion care and
includes case studies of Bolivia, Ghana, Kenya,
and Nepal.
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