FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Asia and the Near East on General Quality of Care Improvement

Bangladesh

• Community-based Kangaroo Mother Care to Prevent Neonatal and Infant Mortality (ongoing)
• The Impact of Quality of Care Upon Contraceptive Use: Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Rural Bangladesh (completed)
• Integration of Reproductive Health Services for Men in Family Welfare Centers in Bangladesh (completed)
• Improving Adolescent Reproductive Health in Bangladesh (completed)
• From the Home to the Clinic: A New Reproductive Health Service Delivery Model for Bangladesh (completed)

Egypt

• Helping Women Achieve Optimal Birth Spacing Intervals (OBSI) Through Fostering Linkages Between MCH and FP Services (ongoing)
• Linking Family Planning with Postabortion Services in Egypt: Testing Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of Two Models of Integration (completed)
• Impact of Improved Client–Provider Interaction on Women’s Achievement of Fertility Goals (completed)
• Counseling Family Planning Clients About Sexuality and the Use of Barrier Methods: An Exploratory Intervention Study in Egypt (completed)

India

• Scaling Up Utilization of the Quality Assurance (QA) Checklist in India (completed)
• Increasing the Accessibility and Use of the IUD in India (ongoing)
• Strengthening Financial Sustainability Through Integration of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services with Other Reproductive Health Services (completed)
• Systematic Screening for Integrating Reproductive Health Services in India (completed)
• Developing Operations Research (OR) Capacity in South Asia (completed)

Indonesia

• Impact of Client Communication Training on Client Participation and Contraceptive Continuation (completed)

Nepal

• Improved Utilization of Services and Enhanced Cost Recovery Through Implementation of an Afternoon Clinic (completed)

Philippines

• A Rapid Appraisal of Client Reproductive Health Care Needs and Available Reproductive Health Services in the Philippines (completed)
• Documenting the Impact of Quality of Care on Women’s Reproductive Health in the Philippines and Senegal (completed)

West Bank/Gaza

• Creation of a Unified Management Information System for Three Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) in the West Bank and Gaza (completed)
• Improving Postpartum Care Among Low-parity Mothers in Palestine (completed)
• Post-test Survey for the West Bank/Gaza Pilot Health Project (completed)
• Special Studies Program for the West Bank/Gaza (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 Quality of Care

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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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