FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Asia and the Near East
on Technical Assistance/Institution Building

Regional

• Care and Support Services Provided to Rape Survivors at First Point of Contact in India and Bangladesh (ongoing)
• Developing Regional Capacity in Operations Research (OR) and Economic Evaluation in South Asia (completed)
• Technical Consultative Meeting on Anti-Trafficking Programs in South Asia: Appropriate Activities, Indicators, and Evaluation Methodologies (completed)
• Capacity Building to Expand Access to Emergency Contraception in East Asian Countries (completed)

Bangladesh

• Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills to the National Level (ongoing)
• Scaling Up Reproductive Health Services for Men (completed)
• Financial Sustainability of Rampura and Bashabo Clinics (completed)
• Introducing an Adolescent Reproductive Health Curriculum in Vocational Training Courses (completed)
• Improving Adolescent Reproductive Health in Bangladesh (completed)

Egypt

• Helping Women Achieve Optimal Birth Spacing Intervals (OBSI) Through Fostering Linkages Between MCH and FP Services (ongoing)
• Stalled Fertility Transition in Egypt: Reaching Policymakers and Program Managers with the Findings (completed)
• Validation of a Survey-based Approach for Predicting Willingness to Pay for Reproductive Health Services (completed
• Cairo Demographic Center Operations Research (OR) Course (completed)

India

• Development of Quality Assurance in Reproductive Health Services in District Public Health Systems (completed)
• Strengthening Financial Sustainability Through Integration of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services with Other Reproductive Health Services (completed)
• Technical Assistance for Studying the Utilization of Emergency Contraceptive (EC) Services Through Paramedics (completed)
• Scaling Up the India Men in Maternity (MiM) Intervention in Delhi (completed)

• Increasing Community Involvement in Planning and Monitoring of Reproductive and Child Health Services: Operations Research (OR) in Family Planning and Reproductive Health (completed)

Indonesia

• Analysis of Conflicting Crisis-related Research Results (completed)

Nepal

• Strengthening Emergency Contraception in Nepal (ongoing)

Philippines

• Technical Assistance to Increase the Sustainability and Coverage of the Well Family Midwife Program (completed)
• Evaluation Study of a Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning Matching Grants Program in the Philippines (completed)

West Bank/Gaza

• Creation of a Unified Management Information System for Three Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) in the West Bank and Gaza (completed)
• Institutional Support for a Program of Activities with the West Bank/Gaza Pilot Health Project (completed)
• Training Program for the West Bank/Gaza Pilot Health Project (completed)
• Technical Assistance to the West Bank/Gaza Pilot Health Project (completed)

Copies of conference reports, summaries, program briefs, and research updates are available free of charge. Contact frontiers@popcouncil.org. FRONTIERS publications are also available on the USAID/DEC Web site, www.dec.org.

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See Also

• Population Council Strengthening Professional Resources
• FRONTIERS Strengthening Local Resources: Research Tools

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For more information contact:
Frontiers in Reproductive Health (FRONTIERS)
Population Council
4301 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 280
Washington, DC 20008 USA
Telephone: +1 202 237 9400
Facsimile: +1 202 237 8410
E-mail: frontiers@popcouncil.org

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