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FRONTIERS PROJECT
Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills to the National Level in Bangladesh

In collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), FRONTIERS provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Bangladesh to introduce emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) into the National Family Planning Program. This project (formally titled "Enhancing Utilization of Research Findings: Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills [ECP] Program to the National Level in Bangladesh") was a follow-up to the successful three-year pilot project that tested the introduction of ECP in Bangladesh (see "Introducing Emergency Contraception [EC] in Bangladesh"). The majority of providers received training on ECP, and retention of ECP knowledge by service providers and field workers after two years remains high. Participating facilities have educational brochures and ECP supplies on hand. 

Location

Bangladesh

Duration

July 2003–February 2007

Population Council researchers

M.E. Khan, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain

Non-Council collaborators

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

United Nations Population Fund

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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

2005
"Emergency contraception and emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs)," transparencies to accompany Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual. New Delhi: Population Council. (presentation) (presentation in PowerPoint)

Hossain, Sharif Mohammed Ismail, M.E. Khan, Moshiur Rahman, and Mary Philip Sebastian. Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF)

Khan, M.E., Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, and Md. Nizamuddin Bhuiyan. "Building national capacity to deliver emergency contraception services in Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 3. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF)

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21 May 2008
   

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Publications/Resources

Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual (2005) (PDF)

"Building national capacity to deliver emergency contraception services in Bangladesh" (2005) (PDF)