To address low contraceptive use in Tanzania, a pilot intervention using a mobile job aid
was developed to guide community health workers (CHWs) to deliver integrated counseling …

Objectives The global rapid growth in mobile technology provides unique opportunities to
support community health workers (CHWs) in providing family planning (FP) services. FHI …

Background: A critical shortage of doctors, nurses, and midwives in many sub-Saharan
African countries inhibits efforts to expand access to family planning services, especially in …

Background: Private-sector drug shops are often the first point of health care in sub-Saharan
Africa. Training and supporting drug shop and pharmacy staff to provide a wide range of …

Background Madagascar recently scaled up their volunteer community health worker (CHW)
program in maternal health and family planning to reach remote and underserved …

Background Female sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa face high unmet need for family
planning and higher risk for unintended pregnancy. Community empowerment HIV …

Introduction: In the face of global health worker shortages, community health workers
(CHWs) are an important health care delivery strategy for underserved populations. In …

Ethiopia has made notable progress in increasing awareness and knowledge of family
planning and is considered a success story among funders and program planners. Yet …

ABSTRACT Background: The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), a 6-
year comprehensive family planning program (2009–2015) in 4 cities, intentionally applies …

Background: Modern contraceptive prevalence was 14.1% in 2007 in Kinshasa, the capital
city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Yet virtually nothing was known about …