Document Library
This is a briefing paper that looks at promoting access to full range of abortion technologies. the following are discussed: medical abortion medical abortion as an alternative to surgical abortion ways governments could remove barriers to medical abortion
This is a policy brief looking at meeting family planning needs of postpartum women. The following areas are discussed: Why focus on postpartum contraception? (reduce mortality, increase contraceptive use, containing costs, meeting women’s fertility desires) Objectives of postpartum services What approaches work? Approaches with limited success Ensuring quality of postpartum family planning services
This is a policy brief on bringing family planning services to where people live and work. The following areas are discussed: background on community based family planning services the importance of community health workers (CHW) factors contributing to failure of CHW programs impact of CHW programs tips from implementation experience
This is a policy brief on social marketing to improve contraceptives access, choice and use. The following areas are discussed: background of social marketing in family programs the importance of social marketing impact of social marketing how to do social marketing – tips from implementation to practice
The concept of “unmet need for contraception”, has been used in the international population field since the 1960s. The concept was developed from the first family planning and fertility surveys conducted in developing countries, which found a disconnect between women’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) about contraception. This gap between what the respondents knew, their… Read more
This policy brief is on family planning; expanding access to family planning. Policy and programmatic actions highlighted are; Implement policy and targeted funding that prioritizes family planning for health, development, and equity. Engage community and key groups, in particular men and adolescents, with comprehensive communications strategies that identify and address the needs of the vulnerable… Read more
UN Policy Brief addressing fertility decline in less developed countries
Governments and donors as part of their commitment to achieve Education for All by 2015 have pledged to get children into school, provide them with quality education and respond to their learning needs. But what is most effective in getting children into school, keeping them there and ensuring that they learn? The brief Quality education… Read more
At least 75 million primary-school-aged children around the world have never been to school. Most of these children aren’t in school because they are poor, or because they are girls, have a disability or are from a minority ethnic group. More than half live in countries affected by conflict. Global efforts to get all children… Read more
With only a few years to go until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are many achievements to celebrate, but much remains to be done. The international community must not slow down in its efforts – the September 2010 MDG summit is a crucial moment for states to recommit to… Read more
Despite the fact that there is enough food for everyone, almost 870 million people go hungry every night. 2.3 million children die needlessly because of malnutrition each year and 165 million more have their future potential permanently damaged because they don’t receive the right nutrients at the start of life. This is a human tragedy,… Read more