The Population Council began research activities in Peru in 1984. Activities have focused on strengthening the public and private health sectors. A significant effort has also been made to study efforts to introduce postpartum family planning as a routine part of reproductive health care and initiatives to introduce and promote injectable contraceptives.

Projects

• FRONTIERS projects

  • Assessing the Need and Opportunities for Improved Linkages Between Conditional Cash Transfers and Reproductive Health Programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (6/07–12/07)

  • A Diagnostic Study Relevant to the Promotion of Youth’s Health Behaviors in Alternative Development Zones of Peru (completed 12/03)

  • Monitoring Family Planning Providers’ Compliance with the Quality-of-Care Norms of Peru’s Ministry of Health (completed 6/02)

  • Global Agenda: Provider and Client Impacts of an Intervention Designed to Improve the Provider–Client Interaction in Ministry of Health Clinics in Peru (completed 6/02)

  • Information, Education, and Communication Strategies Culturally Appropriate for Improving Adolescents’ Reproductive Health in the Inca Region of Peru (Cusco) (completed 4/02)

  • Sustainability of Postabortion Care (completed 2/02)

  • Year 2000: Monitoring Family Planning Providers’ Compliance with the Quality-of-Care Norms of Peru’s Ministry of Health(completed 8/01)

  • Expanding Use of a Program to Train Health Care Professionals on Addressing Domestic Violence (completed 3/99)

Publications/Resources on Peru

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