Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project
Council researchers introduced DBRHCP to increase use of reproductive health services by emphasizing creating demand and improving the quality of reproductive health services through informed choice.
There has been remarkable progress in several reproductive health indicators in Bangladesh, however, reproductive health programs, which have traditionally been supply driven, have fallen short in reaching people in several parts of the country. A demand-based strategy, termed the Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project (DBRHCP), was introduced to increase the use of reproductive health services by emphasizing creating demand and improving the quality of reproductive health services through informed choice.
DBRHCP was carried out through a partnership of four implementing agencies. With financial assistance from the Canadian International Development Agency and technical assistance from the United Nations Population Fund, the National Institute of Population Research and Training coordinated and implemented the project. As an implementing partner, the Population Council was responsible for identifying innovative, participatory, and effective service-delivery models for increased use of family planning and other reproductive health services through operations research, while Research, Training and Management International was responsible for building the capacity of service providers, strengthening facilities, and creating behavior change communication interventions. JSI Logistics Services was responsible for strengthening the reproductive health logistics management system, and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, carried out monitoring and evaluation activities to measure the impact of the DBRHCP.
Under the DBRHCP, the Population Council conducted four operations research studies to test different models of service delivery as follows:
- Voucher Scheme for Poor, Rural Women to Utilize Pregnancy Care examined the feasibility of introducing a mechanism to provide financial support to poor pregnant women for utilizing maternal health care services from trained service providers.
- Improving the Quality of Family Planning Services for Urban Slum Population tested a service delivery model to deliver client-centered FP and RTI services in order to improve the reproductive health of couples living in urban slums.
- Creating a Space for Men and Youth at Health and Family Welfare Centers (HFWCs) investigated the feasibility of introducing male and youth friendly reproductive health services at the HFWC.
- Increasing Rational Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods during the Reproductive Life Cycle tested a service-delivery model to enhance the rational use of modern contraceptive methods among rural women in Bangladesh.
Creating a space for men and youth at health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh
Mutahara,Marium ul; Rahman,Md.Mafizur; Al-Sabir,Ahmed
Publication date: 2009
Financial support for poor pregnant women in Bangladesh: An operations research finding (abstract) (PDF)
Poster presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, 30 April
Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Rob,Ubaidur; Kibria,Tasnima
Publication date: 2009
Implementation of maternal health financial scheme in rural Bangladesh (PDF)
Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Rob,Ubaidur; Kibria,Tasnima
Publication date: 2009
Improving the quality of family planning and reproductive tract infection services for urban slum populations: Demand-based reproductive health commodity project (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Md.Mafizur
Publication date: 2009
Creating a space for men and youth at health and family welfare centers
Mutahara,Marium ul; Rob,Ubaidur; Hena,Ismat Ara; Rahman,Md.Mostafizur; Haque,Mohammad Ainul; Rahman,Mohammad Ataur
DBRHCP Research Update (no. 4)
Publication date: 2008
Determinants of contraceptive use across regions in Bangladesh
Al-Sabir,Ahmed
Publication date: 2008
Experiences from implementation of maternal voucher scheme in rural Bangladesh
Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Rob,Ubaidur; Kibria,Tasnima; Hena,Ismat Ara
DBRHCP Research Update (no. 5)
Publication date: 2008
Improving the quality of FP and RTI services for urban slum population
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Chandra Paul,Repon; Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Md.Mostafizur
DBRHCP Research Update (no. 1)
Publication date: 2008
Increasing the rational use of modern contraceptive methods during the reproductive life cycle
Anwar,Md.Mahabub Ul; Rob,Ubaidur; Hena,Ismat Ara; Alam,Mohammad Masudul; Haque,Mohammad Ainul; Rahman,Mohammad Ataur
DBRHCP Research Update (no. 2)
Publication date: 2008
Integration of reproductive health services for men and youth at HFWCs: Intervention status
Mutahara,Marium ul; Rob,Ubaidur; Haque,Mohammad Ainul; Rahman,Mohammad Ataur
DBRHCP Research Update (no. 7)
Publication date: 2008
Rational use of modern contraceptive methods during the reproductive life cycle: Implementation of interventions
Anwar,Md.Mahabub Ul; Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Mohammad Ataur; Haque,Mohammad Ainul; Hena,Ismat Ara
DBRHCP Research Update (no. 6)
Publication date: 2008
Voucher scheme for poor, rural women to utilize pregnancy care
Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Rob,Ubaidur; Kibria,Tasnima; Rahman,Md.Mostafizur
DBRHCP Research Update (no. 3)
Publication date: 2008
Voicing the community: A study for the community to identify and prioritize family planning and reproductive health problems
Rahman,Laila; Rob,Ubaidur; Ahmed,Salahuddin; Anwar,Md.Mahabub Ul; Moshiur Rahman,Md.
Publication date: 2006
Integration of reproductive health service for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh (PDF)
Al-Sabir,Ahmed; Alam,Mohammed Ahsanul; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Rob,Ubaidur; Khan,M.E.
Publication date: 2003
Project Stats
Location: Bangladesh (Two rural districts and urban slum areas in Dhaka City)
Program(s):
Reproductive Health
Topic(s):
Access to contraceptive methods
Health care financing
Quality of care
RTIs/STIs
Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Duration: 10/2005 - 8/2009
Population Council researchers:
Ismat Ara Hena
Laila Rahman
Md. Moshiur Rahman
Ubaidur Rob
Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
Non-Council collaborators:
JSI Logistics Services
Donors:
Canadian International Development Agency
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