FRONTIERS Projects | Assessment of the Functioning and Effectiveness of Community-based Distribution (CBD) Programs

FRONTIERS PROJECT
Assessment of the Functioning and Effectiveness of Community-based Distribution Programs

FRONTIERS and the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana assessed Ghana’s major nongovernmental community-based distribution (CBD) programs. National coverage by CBD programs is extensive, but district coverage is sparse because only a few communities in each district are covered. All programs provide family planning information, condoms, pills, and clinic referrals; but some offer a wider range of reproductive and environmental health information and services, including information on HIV and AIDS. Although all agents were trained to keep activity records, record-keeping was universally poor.

Location

Ghana

Duration

July 1999–July 2000

Population Council researchers

Jane Chege, Diouratié Sanogo

Non-Council collaborator

Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2001
"Ghana: Community workers can communicate STI and HIV/AIDS messages effectively," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 21. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 264 KB)

2000
Chege, Jane, Diouratié Sanogo, Ian D. Askew, Angela Bannerman, Steve Grey, Evam Kofi Glover, Francis Yankey, and Joana Nerquaye-Tetteh. "An assessment of the community based distribution programs in Ghana," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 912 KB)