FRONTIERS PROJECT
Evaluation Study of a Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning Matching Grants Program in the Philippines

Working with the Philippines Ministry of Health, researchers from FRONTIERS and Management Sciences for Health evaluated and provided recommendations for a government grants program to support interventions to improve maternal health and family planning programs. The study found that local governments are responsive to new ideas and innovative in implementation. Cost-effectiveness studies of selected interventions are needed to guide choices. This matching grants program experience can help address larger issues of the health sector reform agenda
 

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Location

Philippines

Duration

June 1999–May 2001

Population Council researcher

Marilou Costello

Non-Council collaborators

Ministry of Health

Management Sciences for Health

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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

2003
Palabrica-Costello, Marilou, Nimfa Ogena, and Alejandro N. Herrin. "Policy and program implications of the Matching Grants Program in the Philippines," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 656 KB)

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See Also

• Philippines

• Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care

• Technical Assistance/Institution Building

• FRONTIERS Philippines

• FRONTIERS Safe Motherhood/Postpartum Care

• FRONTIERS Technical Assistance/Institution Building

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