Initiated under USAID’s predecessor Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) and finalized under MCSP, this course provides an orientation on “how to” design and implement social and behavior change communication (SBCC) activities for postpartum family planning (PPFP). Learning steps for strategically designing and implementing SBCC activities for PPFP helps to increase the likelihood of […]
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) toolkits, products of the Population Council’s FRONTIERS program, provide healthcare providers serving clients in areas with high rates of HIV and STIs with complete, high-quality family planning counseling information and materials. (For more information on these tools, visit the Population Council website.) MCSP supported the French translation of this […]
This four-page brief focuses on MCSP work in developing or updating reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health policies, and the impact these policies will have in expanding coverage of key interventions globally and within Program countries. […]
This report presents findings from a formative study conducted in two selected regions of Tanzania’s Lake Zone: Kagera and Mara. The study aimed to explore sociocultural and environmental cues to birth spacing and maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) practices and identify barriers and facilitating factors for optimal family planning and MIYCN practices. […]
This cost and cost-effectiveness brief aims to broadly summarize existing information on the costs and cost-effectiveness of community-delivered reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health interventions, including large-scale community health worker programs, to provide health decision-makers and planners with a baseline understanding of the types of costs associated with providing these services. To support efforts to […]
This approach to minilaparotomy was developed to enable provision of the procedure on a large scale and at minimal cost by non-specialist doctors given specific surgical training. […]
Mobile health teams in Haiti are taking a vast array of family planning methods and services to women in remote communities. […]
Report summarizing Program achievements for Year 2 (October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016). To download the report, click here. […]
Investing in family planning can reduce maternal and child mortality by more than a quarter in the global south. […]
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