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Gender
Benefits of Investing in Family Planning
Helpdesk Report
October 18, 2017

This report focuses on the evidence on the health, economic and other benefits of investing in family planning. Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of infertility (WHO 2015). A large and growing body… Read more

Children and Youth, contraception, Family Planning, Health
Gender
Health
Cost-effectiveness of interventions for improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Helpdesk Report
July 16, 2016

Research on the cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve SRH for adolescents is limited. This rapid review includes research on some interventions which focus specifically on girls and some research on programmes for both boys and girls. Three studies were identified that specifically analysed cost-effectiveness of SRH interventions for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (see… Read more

Adolescents, Family Planning, srh
Gender
Health
Evidence for the greater cost-effectiveness of long acting methods in family planning
Helpdesk Report
June 27, 2016

The key message from the evidence that although long acting and permanent methods of contraception incur higher initial costs than short acting methods, the long term protection that they provide and substantially greater effectiveness at preventing unintended pregnancies means that their overall cost-effectiveness is higher. Research included in this review describe this key message, including… Read more

contraception, Family Planning
The effects of contraception on obstetric outcomes
Document Library
June 3, 2015

The contribution of contraception to reductions in obstetric mortality and morbidity is universally acknowledged. One major pathway is by reducing the number of unwanted births. Each pregnancy and childbirth carry a health risk for the woman, and where obstetric services are poor, maternal mortality is still very high. In most Asian and Latin American countries… Read more

Family Planning, Health
New evidence on birth spacing: promising findings for improving newborn, infant, child, and maternal health
Document Library
December 9, 2014

This editorial summarizes new evidence, some of which is published in this supplement, on birth spacing and newborn, infant, child and maternal health, as well as the demand for birth spacing services in the developing world. The article points to the high number of annual infant, child and maternal deaths, low birth weight infants and… Read more

developing countries, Family Planning, MCNH
Meeting the Need: Strengthening Family Planning Programs
Document Library
October 29, 2014

This report is designed as a general resource to help family planning program managers strengthen their programs and meet growing family planning needs. It does not attempt to present a detailed technical analysis of the issues and does not address the many regional and country variations and circumstances related to providing family planning services. Instead,… Read more

Family Planning
Health
Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
Training
February 19, 2014

This course has two main goals. The first is to provide an introduction to key sexual and reproductive health issues of youth, including the relationship between gender norms and health. The second is to present an overview of the best programmatic approaches for improving young people’s sexual and reproductive health. By the end of this… Read more

Family Planning, Sexual and reproductive health
Condom Myths and Misconceptions: The Male Perspective
Document Library
February 6, 2014

Despite extensive efforts in promoting condom use, men still engage in risky sexual behaviors due to certain myths and misconceptions. Considering the threat posed by HIV to the development of Africa, this study investigates condom myths and misconceptions among 600 adult men in a West African University population. The mean age was 24 years, about… Read more

Condoms, Family Planning, HIV
Health
Mapping the Donor Landscape in Global Health: Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Document Library
January 29, 2014

The Kaiser Family Foundation mapped the geographic landscape of global health donor assistance for family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH). Recipient countries typically received assistance for FP/RH from multiple different donors. Looking over the period 2009-2011, the report found: The average number of donors present in each recipient country was 8. Eleven recipient countries… Read more

Family Planning, Reproductive Health
Gender
Health
Family Planning and the Public Sector
Helpdesk Report
June 8, 2012

There appears to be a trend of increasing uptake of family planning programmes and increasing equity of uptake.  It is difficult to establish cause and effect with the impact of public sector family planning programmes.  However, sections 2 and 3 look at the evidence on this issue.  This includes general overview papers as well as… Read more

Abortion, Contraceptive, Equity, Family Planning, Fertility, Health, Poverty, public sector, reproductive, unwanted pregnancy
Gender
Health
Female Condoms
Helpdesk Report
October 21, 2011

This report is divided into the following sections: Who Uses the Female Condom? Typical users seem to vary in different countries and according to different studies. This section looks at different countries and identifies users and the reasons behind this. Is FC use correlated to HIV prevalence? Study results differ on whether they may be… Read more

AIDS, Contraceptive, Dual Protection, Education, Family Planning, Female Condoms, Health, HIV, Men, Prevention
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