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The overall objective of these cards is to: • Increase awareness about family planning and postabortion care services to reduce illness and death related to complications of bleeding in the first half of pregnancy; and • Encourage community action to…

The RESPOND Project designed an intervention package aimed at increasing awareness and use of post-abortion care (PAC) services and improving family planning, reproductive health, and maternal health outcomes. Known as the Community Mobilization for…

With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the RESPOND Project provided technical assistance and funded small grants to build the capacity of local non-governmental organizations to expand access to a wide range of FP…

As part of its support to strengthen the provision of long-acting methods of family planning in West Africa, the RESPOND Project is providing technical assistance over two years to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Member…

Several countries in Eastern Europe and Eurasia have a markedly high abortion rate and low prevalence of modern family planning (FP) methods. Explanations for the extensive use of abortion and low use of modern methods in the region cover a broad range…

The set of cue cards is designed to help a range of community- and facility-based providers to counsel adolescents and young people on their contraceptive options. The cue cards address: combined oral contraceptives, progestin-only pills, emergency…

The set of cue cards is designed to help a range of community- and facility-based providers to counsel adolescents and young people on their contraceptive options. The cue cards address: combined oral contraceptives, progestin-only pills, emergency…

Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous state and has one of the lowest rates of family planning use in all of India: Only 29% of married women in Uttar Pradesh currently use a modern method of family planning, well below the national average of 49%.…

While the Bangladesh family planning program has become one of the most successful such programs in the world, clients still often may be denied access to the contraceptive of their choice as a result of policy barriers and medical eligibility criteria…

This report describes the results of a noncomparative prospective 12-month observational study that was conducted at 10 study sites in Bangladesh. The aim was to assess the acceptability and effectiveness of Sino-implant (II) among 595 women who had the…