FRONTIERS PROJECT
Institutional Support for a Program of Activities with the West Bank/Gaza Pilot Health Project

This project was designed to upgrade antenatal and postpartum services at primary health care clinics in three areas of the West Bank and Gaza. FRONTIERS provided institutional support to build the research capacity of the Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization. Project activities included a baseline survey of clients and providers of maternal and child health services, a study on involving men in their wives’ postpartum care, and a study on improving outreach between hospitals and postpartum women. Findings from the male involvement study suggested the need to educate men on their wives’ reproductive health and to accommodate men by providing evening hours and a men’s waiting area in clinics. The study on outreach showed that although women often fail to seek care for themselves after giving birth, they often seek services for their infants.

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Location

West Bank/Gaza

Duration

March 2000–April 2002

Population Council researcher

Laila Nawar

Non-Council collaborators

Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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

2002
Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute. “Institutional support for a program of activities within the Pilot Health Project in the West Bank and Gaza,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 3.1 MB)

2001
"West Bank/Gaza: Stress the importance and cost-effectiveness of postpartum care," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 20. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 288 KB)

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See Also

• West Bank and Gaza

• Men and Reproductive Health

• FRONTIERS West Bank and Gaza

• FRONTIERS Male Involvement 

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