After three or more decades of development, health programs in many developing countries now have well-established systems in place for delivering reproductive health services. The key challenge facing mature programs, especially those in the public sector, is strengthening their component systems so that programs function effectively and efficiently, deliver services equitably so that the poorest have access, and maintain appropriate levels of quality and safety. Despite sustained investments from national and external sources, many programs have extremely limited capacity and require ongoing support and guidance to enable further development and expansion.
Population Council focus
The Council uses lessons learned and evidence gained through operations research to identify best practices that reproductive health programs can adapt for strengthening their delivery and financing systems. The Council provides:
- technical assistance to support system-wide strengthening; and
- expertise focused on specific aspects of systems strengthening, such as scaling up pilot interventions, implementing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, and developing alternative financing mechanisms.
Population Council impact
- In Pakistan, the Council is leading a consortium of national and international organizations that are providing intensive technical assistance to the public and private sectors to strengthen their capacity across all systems to increase the demand for and supply of family planning and other services to facilitate birth spacing.
- The Council leads a consortium that is assisting the Government of Ghana in implementing measures that will contribute to increasing contraceptive prevalence and reducing maternal morbidity and mortality due to unsafe abortion in three focus regions.
- The Council has supported the Government of Ghana in developing and scaling up the USAID-funded Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative (CHPS), which relocated nurses from clinics to community health compounds and linked them with male community leaders, leading to a 15-percent decrease in fertility.
- The Council is a widely recognized leader in offering policy advice and programmatic guidance on systems strengthening. Council experts in developing countries are frequently requested to contribute to national health systems planning and policymaking. Globally, the Council has official relations with the World Health Organization, and many staff serve on technical advisory committees of the United Nations and other bilateral development organizations.
Projects
Developing Capacity for Targeted, Evidence-based Programming and Asset Building for Adolescent Girls (more)
The Council is helping to build the capacity of NGOs, UN country teams, and government agencies to develop effective health, social, and economic asset-building programs for adolescent girls.
(1/2008 - ongoing)
Global, Kenya, Liberia
Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy (STEP UP) (more)
The Population Council is the coordinating partner for STEP UP, which will generate policy-relevant research to promote an evidence-based approach for improving access to family planning and safe abortion.
(1/2011 - 1/2016)
Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, Senegal
Task-sharing between Community Health Workers and Community Mid-level Professionals: Increasing Access to FP and RH Services (more)
With the aim of improving access to family planning and reproductive health services in rural areas, the Council is conducting research to investigate how different cadres of health workers function in relation to each other in five priority countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Pakistan.
(10/2010 - 10/2015)
Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Pakistan
Heshima: Promoting Dignified and Respectful Care During Childbirth in Kenya (more)
The Population Council was recently awarded a grant to study the level of disrespect and abuse of women that takes place during childbirth in health care facilities in Kenya. The issue is one that concerns three of the Council’s major priorities: maternal health, human rights, and gender.
(2/2011 - 12/2013)
Kenya
Evaluating Voucher-and-Accreditation Interventions to Improve Reproductive Health Service Delivery Business Models (more)
The Population Council is studying health voucher programs in East Africa and South Asia and sharing findings with national and global partners.
(11/2008 - 10/2013)
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Responding to the Need for Family Planning through Expanded Contraceptive Choices and Program Services (RESPOND) (more)
Council researchers are providing technical assistance in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of a project to advance the use of long-acting and permanent methods and other reproductive health and family planning services.
(6/2009 - 6/2013)
Bangladesh
Quality of Care and Client Willingness to Pay for Family Planning Services at Marie Stopes International Facilities in Burkina Faso (more)
The Council worked with Marie Stopes International to improve the family planning services MSI provides, and to propose strategies to ensure the sustainability of the program.
(11/2011 - 4/2012)
Burkina Faso
Strengthening the Health Management Information System (HMIS) in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam (more)
Council researchers evaluated and are working to improve Thai Nguyen's HMIS through developing a computerized HMIS, using software to improve the accuracy of the health data collected, and increasing use of HMIS data to improve health care.
(3/2009 - 3/2012)
Vietnam
Empowering Indigenous Women in Guatemala to Advocate for Maternal Health Rights (more)
This project strengthened the capacity of indigenous women's advocacy groups to promote their right to culturally appropriate maternal health services in Guatemala.
(9/2009 - 11/2011)
Guatemala
Increasing Access to Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services through Community Health Workers: Case Study of a Dual-cadre Model in India (more)
The Council conducted research on community health workers in India to examine how different cadres of health workers function in relation to one other in order to improve access to reproductive health and family planning services in rural areas.
(10/2010 - 9/2011)
India
Identifying Mechanisms to Strengthen Facilities Providing Delivery and Newborn Care Services (more)
Although rates of maternal mortality have decreased in Bangladesh, utilization of facility-based delivery care has remained low because of facility shortcomings and service non-availability; the Council conducted this study to determine the sources of these shortcomings and to identify mechanisms to strengthen facilities, thereby increasing facility-based delivery and further reducing maternal and infant mortality in rural Bangladesh.
(2/2011 - 8/2011)
Bangladesh
Pay for Performance (P4P) Operations Research Study (more)
Following a successful feasibility study on introducing a P4P financing scheme, the Population Council is now conducting operations research to test the potential of this service-delivery model to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health care through performance-based payment to providers.
(2/2010 - 6/2011)
Bangladesh
Helping Women Achieve Optimal Birth Intervals Through Linking Community-based Postpartum Family Planning with Maternal Health Services in Egypt (more)
In Egypt, Population Council research helped providers integrate birth spacing and postpartum family planning messages into antenatal and postpartum care through a community-based approach.
(7/2005 - 4/2011)
Egypt
Supporting Capacity Building and Research in Vietnam (more)
Population Council staff are mobilizing and enhancing postgraduate public health research capacity in Vietnam.
(2/2002 - 3/2011)
Vietnam
Community-based Postpartum Family Planning Through Integrated Public Delivery Systems in India (more)
The Population Council supported the Government of India in designing, testing, and scaling up a community-based intervention to encourage healthier birth spacing in India through increased knowledge and use of postpartum family planning.
(2/2006 - 10/2010)
India
Improving Access to and Delivery of Comprehensive Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for Sexual Assault and Occupational PEP Through Training and Systems Strengthening (more)
Council staff in South Africa are improving access to post-rape care for child and adult survivors of sexual assault as well as occupational PEP for health and emergency care workers on a national scale, in a continuing effort to provide comprehensive post-rape care management and prevent unwanted pregnancies, HIV, and other infections.
(2/2010 - 9/2010)
South Africa
Strengthening Clinical Services and Health Systems Management in Bolivia (more)
The purpose of the Health Management and Quality Project is to strengthen the public health system in order to improve service quality and coverage, especially in child health, maternal and neonatal health, and infectious diseases.
(5/2005 - 6/2010)
Bolivia
Developing the Capacity of Community-based NGOs for Improved Health Services (more)
In Burkina Faso, the Council assisted in building the capacity of community-based organizations to provide high-quality health services in south-central Burkina Faso.
(4/2009 - 12/2009)
Burkina Faso
Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) (more)
The Council is overseeing the management of the monitoring and evaluation component of the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) a five-year project designed to assist the Government of Pakistan in implementing the full spectrum of interventions necessary to address mother and newborn health.
(11/2004 - 9/2009)
Pakistan
Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project (more)
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.
(10/2005 - 8/2009)
Bangladesh
Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project: Creating a Space for Men and Youth at Health and Family Welfare Centers (more)
Council researchers tested the feasibility of providing access to reproductive health services among men and youth in rural areas of Bangladesh.
(7/2007 - 3/2009)
Bangladesh
Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project: Increasing the Rational Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods During the Reproductive Life Cycle (more)
Operations research in Bangladesh sought to increase the appropriate use of contraceptives based on the reproductive life cycle and decrease discontinuation of methods.
(2/2007 - 3/2009)
Bangladesh
Comprehensive Condom Programming in West Africa (more)
This Council project identified strategies for re-integrating the female and male condom in the national reproductive health and HIV and AIDS programs of Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Mauritania, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
(1/2008 - 12/2008)
Burkina Faso, Congo, DRC, Liberia, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project: Improving the Quality of Family Planning Services for Urban Slum Populations (more)
Population Council research is improving the quality of family planning services for urban slum populations in Bangladesh.
(7/2007 - 12/2008)
Bangladesh
Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project: Voucher Scheme for Poor, Rural Women to Access Pregnancy Care (more)
Council researchers in Bangladesh tested providing financial assistance through vouchers to poor women for maternal health care.
(2/2007 - 9/2008)
Bangladesh
Institutionalizing a Successful Adolescent Reproductive Health and HIV Intervention Program: Expanding the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Program Experience in Kenya (more)
Council researchers identified selected activities from the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Program and institutionalized them within the study sites.
(9/2003 - 5/2008)
Kenya
Measuring and Evaluating the Integration of Family Planning and Other Reproductive Health Services Through Innovative Data Collection Instruments and Methodologies (more)
Researchers with the Council’s FRONTIERS program examined the challenges of scaling up projects using operations research.
(8/2007 - 3/2008)
Interregional
Sharing Experiences with Comprehensive Responses to Adolescent Reproductive Health Needs in Africa (more)
In francophone West Africa, Council research is promoting the utilization of multisectoral approaches for improving adolescent reproductive health programming by governments, donors, and national and international agencies.
(10/2007 - 3/2008)
Africa
Assessing the Need and Opportunities for Improved Linkages Between Conditional Cash Transfers and Reproductive Health Programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (more)
The Council’s FRONTIERS program documented conditional cash transfer programs in six countries to determine how they could be better linked to reproductive health programs.
(6/2007 - 2/2008)
Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru
Scaling Up Utilization of the Quality Assurance (QA) Checklist in India (more)
Council researchers helped create a manual to enable district-level managers to systematically monitor the quality of reproductive health services in India.
(5/2007 - 2/2008)
India
Extending Operations Research to the Problems of Scale Up: Costs, Compliance, and Effectiveness of Systematic Screening (more)
Council researchers with the FRONTIERS program worked to combine support for scaling up systematic screening with research on specific aspects of the scaling-up process.
(9/2005 - 12/2007)
Bolivia, India, Mali, Senegal
Enhancing Utilization of the Findings from the Youth Reproductive Health Project (more)
The Council provided technical assistance to Senegal’s MOH to implement programs to improve adolescent reproductive health.
(1/2004 - 8/2007)
Senegal
Financial Sustainability of Rampura and Bashabo Clinics in Bangladesh (more)
Council researchers with the FRONTIERS program worked with the Population Services and Training Centre in Bangladesgh to improve the financial sustainability of two clinics.
(11/2005 - 4/2007)
Bangladesh
Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills to the National Level in Bangladesh (more)
Council researchers with the FRONTIERS program worked the Ministry of Health in Bangladesh to introduce emergency contraceptive pills into the National Family Planning Program.
(7/2003 - 2/2007)
Bangladesh
Assessing Management Sciences for Health's Postabortion Care Decentralization Program (more)
Council researchers with the FRONTIERS program assessed the successful introduction of postabortion care in Senegal by the Ministry of Health.
(9/2006 - 1/2007)
Senegal
Scaling Up Reproductive Health Services for Men (more)
Council researchers collaborated in Bangladesh to expand and document the integration of male family planning and reproductive health services from eight to 40 Health and Family Welfare Centers.
(9/2005 - 1/2007)
Bangladesh
Resources
Approaches that will yield greater success when implementing self-administered electronic data capture ICT systems in the developing world with an illiterate or semi-literate population (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir; Friedland,Irene; Littlefield,Sarah A.; Katzen,Lauren L.; Savel,Craig; Boccio,Deborah; RamaRao,Saumya
Publication date: 2013
Community-level impact of the reproductive health vouchers programme on service utilization in Kenya (abstract) (PDF)
Obare,Francis; Warren,Charlotte; Njuki,Rebecca; Abuya,Timothy; Sunday,Joseph; Askew,Ian; Bellows,Benjamin
Health Policy and Planning 28(2): 165-175
Publication date: 2013
Effective approaches to user-interface design with ACASI in the developing world (HTML)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir; Friedland,Irene; Katzen,Lauren L.; Littlefield,Sarah A.
Interactions XX.3(May-June 2013): 58-61
Publication date: 2013
Insights into unmet need in Ghana (PDF)
Machiyama,Kazuyo; Cleland,John C.
STEP UP Research Report, February
Publication date: 2013
Insights into unmet need in Kenya (PDF)
Machiyama,Kazuyo; Cleland,John C.
STEP UP Research Report, February
Publication date: 2013
Insights into unmet need in Senegal (PDF)
Machiyama,Kazuyo; Cleland,John C.
STEP UP Research Report, March
Publication date: 2013
Redeeming qualities: Exploring factors that affect women's use of reproductive health vouchers in Cambodia (abstract) (HTML)
Brody,Carinne D.; Freccero,Julie; Brindis,Claire D.; Bellows,Benjamin
BMC International Health and Human Rights 13(1): 13-
Publication date: 2013
A policy analysis of the implementation of a reproductive health vouchers program in Kenya (abstract) (PDF)
Abuya,Timothy; Njuki,Rebecca; Warren,Charlotte; Okal,Jerry; Obare,Francis; Kanya,Lucy; Askew,Ian; Bellows,Benjamin
BMC Public Health 12: 540-
Publication date: 2012
Assessment of management information system [MIS] of national program for family planning and primary health care [LHW Program] (PDF)
Mahmood,Arshad; Naz,Syeda Saman
Publication date: 2012
Community experiences and perceptions of reproductive health vouchers in Kenya (abstract) (PDF)
Njuki,Rebecca; Obare,Francis; Warren,Charlotte; Abuya,Timothy; Okal,Jerry; Mukuna,Wilson; Kanya,Lucy; Askew,Ian; Bellows,Benjamin
BMC Public Health
Publication date: 2012
Defining effective voucher management information systems: A blueprint for information systems to support scalable reproductive health voucher programs, based on system evaluations with programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania (PDF)
Ibrahim,Mahad; Bellows,Benjamin; Sandhu,Jaspal S.
Research report
Publication date: 2012
Determinants of facility deliveries and use of antenatal care in Cambodia: Implications for universal versus targeted finance strategy
Bajracharya,Ashish; Dingle,Antonia; Bellows,Benjamin
Working paper
Publication date: 2012
Development partners and international NGOs assist in strengthening the health sector in Bihar: An overview (HTML)
Aruldas,Kumudha; Goel,Shruti; Khan,M.E.; Darmstadt,Gary L.; Tarigopula,Usha Kiran; Ganju,Deepika; Donnay,France
from Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes: Designing a Behavior Change Communication Strategy in India, Volume 2: Bihar, pp. 23-31
Publication date: 2012
Evaluation of the population-level impact of the maternal health voucher program in Uganda
Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team
Working paper
Publication date: 2012
Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation (abstract) (HTML)
Njuki,Rebecca; Okal,Jerry; Warren,Charlotte; Obare,Francis; Abuya,Timothy; Kanya,Lucy; Undie,Chi-Chi; Bellows,Benjamin; Askew,Ian
BMC Public Health 12(1): 426-
Publication date: 2012
Health expenditure of women using reproductive health services at public health facilities in Cambodia
Chhorvann,A.C.; Vonthanak,Saphonn; Bajracharya,Ashish; Bellows,Benjamin
Working paper
Publication date: 2012
Incentivizing providers to improve maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh: Pay-for-performance model refinement and advocacy (P4P MRA) final report (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Laila; Zafar Ullah Khan,A.K.M.; Mahmud,Riad; Alim,Azizul; Hena,Ismat Ara; Akter,Farhana; Dey,Anup Kumar
Publication date: 2012
Information and communication technologies in Bihar's health sector: A review of projects and future directions (HTML)
Garai,A.; Khan,M.E.; Darmstadt,Gary L.; Tarigopula,Usha Kiran; Ganju,Deepika; Donnay,France
from Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes: Designing a Behavior Change Communication Strategy in India, Volume 2: Bihar
Publication date: 2012
Lessons from sexual and reproductive health voucher program design and function: A systematic review
Gorter,A.C.; Grainger,C.; Okal,Jerry; Bellows,Benjamin
Working paper
Publication date: 2012
Results-based financing and family planning: Evidence from reproductive health vouchers programs (PDF)
Presentation at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 21 May
Bellows,Benjamin
Publication date: 2012
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings (HTML)
Mullick,Saiqa; Liambila,Wilson; Askew,Ian; Menziwa,Mantshi; Khoza,Doctor; Raney,Laura; Bruce,Linda
Publication date: 2012
The reproductive health vouchers program in Uganda: Summary of findings from program evaluation
Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team
Working paper
Publication date: 2012
A P4P model for increased utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Laila; Hena,Ismat Ara; Zafar Ullah Khan,A.K.M.
Publication date: 2011
A pay-for-performance innovation integrating the quantity and quality of care in maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Rahman,Laila; Rob,Ubaidur; Mahmud,Riad; Alim,Azizul; Hena,Ismat Ara; Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rahman,Md.Hafizur
P4P Final Report
Publication date: 2011
Consultative meeting on strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services
Sultana,Nargis; Krishna Baidya,Amar; Khan,M.Mostafizur Rahman
HFWC Brief Report (no. 1)
Publication date: 2011
Costing and economic analysis of strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Howlader,Sushil Ranjan
Publication date: 2011
Engaging media in communicating research on sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and lessons learned (abstract) (PDF)
Oronje,Rose Ndakala; Undie,Chi-Chi; Zulu,Eliya Msiyaphazi; Crichton,Joanna
Health Research Policy and Systems 9(suppl 1): S7-
Publication date: 2011
Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive behaviors and RH status: Bangladesh (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Bellows,Benjamin
BMC Public Health 11(1): 257-257
Publication date: 2011
Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive behaviors and status in Cambodia (abstract) (PDF)
Bellows,Benjamin; Warren,Charlotte; Vonthanak,Saphonn; Chhorvann,Chhea; Sokhom,Hean; Men,Chean; Bajracharya,Ashish; Rob,Ubaidur; Rathavy,Tung
BMC Public Health 11: 667-
Publication date: 2011
Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive health behaviors and status in Kenya (abstract) (PDF)
Warren,Charlotte; Abuya,Timothy; Obare,Francis; Sunday,Joseph; Njue,Rebecca; Askew,Ian; Bellows,Benjamin
BMC Public Health 11: 117-
Publication date: 2011
Identifying opportunities and challenges to strengthen union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services: Findings from policy advocacy activities (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Zafar Ullah Khan,A.K.M.
Publication date: 2011
Increasing access to family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) services through task-sharing between community health workers (CHWs) and community mid-level professionals in large-scale public-sector programs: A literature review to help guide case studies (PDF)
Foreit,James R.; Raifman,Sarah
Publication date: 2011
Information and communication technologies in Bihar's health sector: A review of projects and future directions
Garai,A.
Policy Brief (no. 10)
Publication date: 2011
Innovative financing through pay-for-performance for providers to improve quality of care in Bangladesh: Transforming research into action (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Laila; Hena,Ismat Ara
Workshop report
Publication date: 2011
Innovative financing through pay-for-performance for providers to improve quality of care in Bangladesh: Transforming research into action (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rahman,Laila; Hena,Ismat Ara
Workshop brief
Publication date: 2011
Lessons from strengthened HFWCs for providing normal delivery and newborn care services in Jamalpur and Thakurgaon
Krishna Baidya,Amar; Sultana,Nargis; Khan,M.Mostafizur Rahman
HFWC Brief Report (no. 4)
Publication date: 2011
Local level advocacy workshop on strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services
Khan,M.Mostafizur Rahman; Krishna Baidya,Amar; Sultana,Nargis
HFWC Brief Report (no. 3)
Publication date: 2011
Operationalizing and scaling up HIV/RH referrals in Kenya: The way forward (PDF)
APHIA II Operations Research Project in Kenya Policy Brief (no. 1)
Publication date: 2011
Roundtable dialogue with journalists: Strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services
Krishna Baidya,Amar; Sultana,Nargis; Khan,M.Mostafizur Rahman
HFWC Brief Report (no. 5)
Publication date: 2011
Scaling up the provision of family planning messages in antenatal and postpartum services in Upper Egypt (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Saher,Sally
Extending Service Delivery Final Report
Publication date: 2011
Stakeholders' experiences and views in strengthening HFWC for normal delivery and newborn care services
Krishna Baidya,Amar; Khan,M.Mostafizur Rahman; Sultana,Nargis
HFWC Brief Report (no. 2)
Publication date: 2011
Strengthening Health Management Information System in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam (PDF)
Publication date: 2011
Strengthening the delivery of comprehensive reproductive health services at the community level in Kenya (PDF)
APHIA II Operations Research Project in Kenya OR Summary (no. 10)
Publication date: 2011
Strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services: Facility assessment report (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Zafar Ullah Khan,A.K.M.; Krishna Baidya,Amar; Khan,M.Mostafizur Rahman; Sultana,Nargis
Publication date: 2011
Strengthening union level facility for providing normal delivery and newborn care services: Workshop report (PDF)
Rob,Ubaidur; Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Zafar Ullah Khan,A.K.M.
Publication date: 2011
The reproductive health vouchers program in Kenya: Summary of findings from program evaluation
Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team
Publication date: 2011
The use of vouchers for reproductive health services in developing countries: Systematic review (abstract) (PDF)
Bellows,Nicole M.; Bellows,Benjamin; Warren,Charlotte
Tropical Medicine and International Health 16(1): 84-96
Publication date: 2011
Use pattern and potential use of mobile phone in health sector in rural Bihar
Khan,M.E.; Hazra,Avishek; Ahmad,Jaleel
Policy Brief (no. 9)
Publication date: 2011
Using evidence to improve primary health care in Thai Nguyen Province (PDF)
Publication date: 2011
APHIA II Operations Research Project in Kenya Newsletter, October 2010 (PDF)
Publication date: 2010
Assessing the potential acceptability of a new cadre of community midwives for pregnancy and delivery related care in rural Pakistan: Findings from a qualitative study (PDF)
Wajid,Abdul; Mir,Ali Mohammad; Rashid,Zubaida; Aziz,Abida
Publication date: 2010
Blood supply and transfusion services (PDF)
Bhuiya,Ismat; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Chowdhury,Asiful Haider; Zahiduzzaman,K.M.; Tonima Hadi,Syeda; Islam,Khairul; Bhuiya,Abbas
from Bangladesh Health Watch Report 2009: How Healthy is Health Sector Governance, pp. 45-49
Publication date: 2010
Effect of dai training on maternal and neonatal care: An operations research study (PDF)
Miller,Peter C.; Rashida,Gul; Wajid,Abdul; Tasneem,Zeba; Mahmood,Lubna; ul Haque,Minhaj
Publication date: 2010
Facility assessment report: Introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Laila; Hena,Ismat Ara; Akter,Farhana; Rahman,Mohammad Ataur; Julkarnayeen,Md.; Akteruzzaman,Md.; Rana,Md.Sohel; Ali,Ripa
Publication date: 2010
Future demands for services from public health facilities in Uttar Pradesh (PDF) (HTML)
Population Council
Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes in Northern India Policy Brief (no. 9)
Publication date: 2010
Guidelines for pilot study on introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS); Population Council; UNICEF
Publication date: 2010
Health consequences of violence within marriage: Need for strengthening the health sector response (PDF)
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Santhya,K.G.; Acharya,Rajib
Policy Brief (no. 2)
Publication date: 2010
Health Research for Development Initiative in Vietnam (HRDI): Impact evaluation results (PDF)
Williams,Katherine; Budiharsana,Meiwita P.; Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan
Publication date: 2010
Introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh
Brief Report, Activities and Achievements of P4P Project
Publication date: 2010
Manual on financial mechanism for the health facilities: Introducing pay-for-performance approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Rahman,Laila; Shil,Dipak Kumar; Rashid,Md.Mamun-or; Hena,Ismat Ara; Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Akter,Farhana; Dey,Anup Kumar; Ali,Ripa; Abedin,Joynal; Rahman,Mursheda; Rahman,Md.Ataur; Julkarnayeen,Md.; Rahman,Arifur; Sardar,Md.Abdur Rab
Publication date: 2010
Media perspectives on partnerships to address family health in northern India: Implications for behavior change communication (PDF) (HTML)
Population Council
Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes in Northern India Policy Brief (no. 11)
Publication date: 2010
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Emergency Plan Progress (MEEPP): End-of-project evaluation (PDF)
Kalibala,Sam
Publication date: 2010
Public expenditure on health care in Orissa: Focus on reproductive and child health services (PDF)
Kumar Rout,Sarit
Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Program Working Paper (no. 12)
Publication date: 2010
RAPIDS evaluation final report 2005-2009 key findings (PDF)
Apicella,Louis; Schenk,Katie D.; Khan,Hena
Publication date: 2010
RH vouchers newsletter, August 2010 (PDF)
Population Council
Publication date: 2010
RH vouchers newsletter, December 2010 (PDF)
Population Council
Publication date: 2010
RH vouchers newsletter, March 2010 (PDF)
Population Council
Publication date: 2010
Role of advertising agencies in behavior change communication (PDF) (HTML)
Population Council
Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes in Northern India Policy Brief (no. 13)
Publication date: 2010
Role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in behavior change communication in northern India (PDF) (HTML)
Population Council
Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes in Northern India Policy Brief (no. 12)
Publication date: 2010
Using vouchers to increase access to maternal healthcare in Bangladesh (abstract) (HTML)
Rob,Ubaidur; Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Bellows,Benjamin
International Quarterly of Community Health Education 30(4): 293-309
Publication date: 2010
Workshop report: Introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach and increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur; Hena,Ismat Ara; Akter,Farhana; Rahman,Mohammad Ataur; Julkarnayeen,Md.
Publication date: 2010
"ACASI software technical notes," brochure (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2009
"Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI)," fact sheet (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2009
An executive summary of the primary health improvement initiative health systems assessment at commune level: Lessons from five provinces in Vietnam, 2004-2008
Population Council Viet Nam (PCVN) Brief
Publication date: 2009
Capacity building: Creating a culture of evidence-based decisionmaking (PDF) (HTML)
FRONTIERS Legacy Themes
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Registers--Instruction Manual (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Training Manual (Facilitator's Guide), Volume 1 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Training Manual (Facilitator's Guide), Volume 2 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Training Manual (Facilitator's Guide), Volume 3 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer's Training Workbook, Volume 1 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer's Training Workbook, Volume 2 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer's Training Workbook, Volume 3 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Preceptor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 1 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Preceptor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 2 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Preceptor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 3 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Tutor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 1 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Tutor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 2 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Tutor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 3 (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
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
Creating conditions for scaling up access to life skills based sexual and reproductive health education and condom services: Strengthening safe sex decision-making
Bhuiya,Ismat; Rob,Ubaidur; Zahiduzzaman,K.M.; Chowdhury,Asiful Haider; Sarma,Haribondhu
Publication date: 2009
Demographic data for development in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)
Baldwin,Wendy; Diers,Judith A.
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 13)
Publication date: 2009
ECP handbook: Introducing and mainstreaming the provision of emergency contraceptive pills in developing countries (PDF)
Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Khan,M.E.; Vernon,Ricardo; Keesbury,Jill; Askew,Ian; Townsend,John W.; Rumbold,Victoria
FRONTIERS Manual
Publication date: 2009
Engaging men who have sex with men in operations research in Kenya (abstract) (HTML)
Onyango-Ouma,Washington; Birungi,Harriet; Geibel,Scott
Culture, Health and Sexuality 11(8): 827-839
Publication date: 2009
Financial sustainability of reproductive health services: Understanding costs: An essential skill in reproductive health programs (PDF) (HTML)
FRONTIERS Legacy Themes
Publication date: 2009
Guide pour les pilules de contraception d'urgence : Introduire et développer l'offre des pilules de contraception d'urgence dans les pays en voie de développement (PDF)
Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Khan,M.E.; Vernon,Ricardo; Keesbury,Jill; Askew,Ian; Townsend,John W.; Rumbold,Victoria
Guide de FRONTIERS
Publication date: 2009
HIV Testing, Treatment and Prevention: Client Instrument (PDF) (HTML)
World Health Organization; Population Council
Publication date: 2009
HIV Testing, Treatment and Prevention: Generic Tools for Operational Research (PDF) (HTML)
World Health Organization; Population Council
Publication date: 2009
HIV Testing, Treatment and Prevention: Provider Instrument (PDF) (HTML)
World Health Organization; Population Council
Publication date: 2009
Home Management of Malaria, Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhoea in Ghana: Implementation Guidelines (PDF)
Publication date: 2009
Home Management of Malaria, Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhoea in Ghana: Manual for Community Based Agents (PDF)
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
Innovative approaches to strengthen health management and information system
Vietnam-US Magazine September(Special English Suppl. for Vietnam's Presidency in the UN Security Council New York Meeting and the Vietnam Investment Forum)
Publication date: 2009
Introduction and scaling-up of emergency contraception: Lessons learned from three regions (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Fernandez-Cerdeno,Araceli; Vernon,Ricardo; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Keesbury,Jill; Khan,M.E.
Population Review 48(1): 119-134
Publication date: 2009
Primary health improvement initiative, micro-pilot use of evidence computerized data entry system at commune health centers: Lessons learned
Thu Ha,Tran; Lavergne,Ruth; Hughes,Jane; Budiharsana,Meiwita P.
Publication date: 2009
Reference Guides for Health Care Organizations Seeking Accreditation for High-quality, Gender-sensitive Reproductive Health Services -- Appendixes (PDF)
Riveros,Patricia; Palenque,Erica; Vernon,Ricardo; Carreno,Ignacio; Bratt,John H.
Publication date: 2009
Reproductive health vouchers news, December 2009
Population Council
Publication date: 2009
Strengthening the health information management system in Thai Nguyen
Vietnam-US Magazine (July-August)
Publication date: 2009
Strengthening voice and accountability in the health sector
Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rob,Ubaidur
Publication date: 2009
Technical assistance to the Uganda AIDS Commission for operationallisation of the performance monitoring and management plan (PDF)
Makumbi,Frederick; Mayega,Roy; Kisitu,David; Sekandi,Juliet; Bwesigye,Denis A.; Miller,Robert; Kalibala,Sam
Publication date: 2009
"ACASI: Software for audio computer-assisted self-interviewing," brochure (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2008
"Female genital mutilation/cutting: Publications on research in FGM/C - Mutilations génitales féminines/Excision: Publications sur la recherche concernant l'excision," FRONTIERS CD-ROM
Publication date: 2008
"Findings from the field: A compilation to date of publications on HIV/AIDS from the Horizons Program, updated July 2008," CD-ROM
Publication date: 2008
"Horizons operations research toolkit on HIV/AIDS," CD-ROM
Publication date: 2008
A situation analysis of care and support for rape survivors at first point of contact in India and Bangladesh (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Bhattacharya,Aruna; Bhuiya,Ismat; Aeron,Aditi
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
An assessment of the Positive Partnership Project in Thailand: Key considerations for scaling-up microcredit loans for HIV-positive and negative pairs in other settings (abstract) (HTML)
Viravaidya,Mechai; Wolf,R.C.; Guest,Philip
Global Public Health 3(2): 115-136
Publication date: 2008
Assessing Integration Methodology (AIM): A handbook for measuring and assessing the integration of family planning and other reproductive health services (PDF) (HTML)
Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela; RamaRao,Saumya; Estrada,Ricardo; Warren,Charlotte; Mullick,Saiqa; Askew,Ian; Birungi,Harriet; Townsend,John W.; Medina,Susana
Publication date: 2008
Assessing the need and opportunities for improved linkages between conditional cash transfers and reproductive health programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF)
Vernon,Ricardo; Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Comparing the effectiveness and costs of alternative strategies for improving access to information and services for the IUD in Ghana (PDF)
Osei,Ivy; Voetagbe,Gertrude; Aikins,Moses; Gyapong,John; Nyarko,Philomena; Birungi,Harriet; Asare,Gloria Quansah; Odoi-Agyarko,Henrietta; Aglah,Olivia
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Computerized interviewing validated in Brazil (PDF)
Population Briefs 14(2)
Publication date: 2008
Consistency in women's reports of sensitive behavior in an interview mode experiment, Sáo Paulo, Brazil (abstract) (HTML)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.; Jones,Heidi E.; Luppi,Carla Gianni; Lippman,Sheri A.; Pinho,Adriana A.; Diaz,Juan
International Family Planning Perspectives 34(4): 169-176
Publication date: 2008
Creating the conditions for scale-up of the Men in Maternity intervention in India (PDF)
Caleb-Varkey,Leila; Mishra,Anurag; Khan,M.E.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Creating the conditions for scaling up the integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh (PDF)
Mannan,M.A.; Hakim,Jafar Ahmad; Waris,Syeda Tazneen; Ali,Ashraf; Hakim,AKM Nurul; Hannan,Abdul; Chowdhury,Sameena; Tasnim,Saria; Islam,Saiful; Karim,AQM Rezaul; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Rob,Ubaidur; Khan,M.E.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Developing comprehensive and evidence-based policy and guidelines for antenatal and postnatal care in KwaZulu-Natal (PDF)
Ditlopo,Prudence; Menziwa,Mantshi; Mullick,Saiqa; RamaRao,Saumya; Dalton,Janet; Nyasulu,Dolly; Beksinska,Mags; Kunene,Busi
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Development of a quality assurance procedure for reproductive health services for district public health systems: Implementation and scale-up in the state of Gujarat (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Mishra,Anurag; Sharma,Vivek; Caleb-Varkey,Leila
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project in Senegal [Executive summary in English; full report in French] (PDF)
Diop,Nafissatou J.; Diagne,Anta Fall
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Final evaluation report on the pilot introduction of youth friendly reproductive health services in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and An Giang
Population Council; Consultation of Investment in Health Promotion (CIHP); Reproductive Health Projects
Publication date: 2008
Financial capacity building for NGO sustainability (PDF)
Bratt,John H.; Homan,Rick; Janowitz,Barbara; Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 12)
Publication date: 2008
Financial sustainability for reproductive health NGOs (HTML)
Bratt,John H.; Foreit,James R.
Publication date: 2008
Institutionalization of quality assurance within district health management: Experiences from Maharashtra and Karnataka (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Mishra,Anurag; Sharma,Vivek; Ahmad,Jaleel; Joseph,Jose; Srinivasan,Venkatesh; Sathyanarayana,K.M.; Vargees,Viji; Maiti,K.D.; Sharma,Rashmi
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Introducing and scaling up emergency contraceptive pill in the National Family Planning Program of Bangladesh: Enhancing utilization of operations research results and lessons learned from program implementation
Khan,M.E.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Introducing systematic screening to reduce unmet health needs: A manager's manual (PDF) (HTML)
Vernon,Ricardo; Foreit,James R.; Ottolenghi,Emma
FRONTIERS Manual
Publication date: 2008
L'introduction de l'identification systématique pour réduire les besoins non satisfaits en santé : Manuel du manager (PDF) (HTML)
Vernon,Ricardo; Foreit,James R.; Ottolenghi,Emma
FRONTIERS Manual
Publication date: 2008
Manual for building capacity of trainers and program managers in emergency contraception (PDF) (HTML)
Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Roychowdhury,Sohini
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2008
Methods for estimating abortion incidence and abortion-related morbidity: A review
Wilson,Katherine; Garcia,Sandra G.; Lara,Diana K.
A publication of papers presented at the IUSSP Seminar on the Measurement of Abortion Incidence, Abortion-Related Morbidity and Mortality, 7-9 November 2007, Paris, France
Publication date: 2008
Multisectoral youth RH interventions: The scale-up process in Kenya and Senegal (PDF)
Joyce,Stephanie; Askew,Ian; Diagne,Anta Fall; Diop,Nafissatou J.; Evelia,Humphres
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 13)
Publication date: 2008
Operations research for managers of reproductive health programs (HTML)
Foreit,James R.; Khan,M.E.
Publication date: 2008
Periodic presumptive treatment for sexually transmitted infections: Experience from the field and recommendations for research (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2008
Regional workshop to use the findings from operations research to increase the access, quality and integration of contraceptive services in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF)
Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela; Martin,Antonieta
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Sexual behavior and STI/HIV status among adolescents in rural Malawi: An evaluation of the effect of interview mode on reporting (abstract) (HTML)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.; Gregory,Richard; Helleringer,Stephane
Studies in Family Planning 39(4): 321-334
Publication date: 2008
Sharing experiences with comprehensive responses to adolescent reproductive health needs in Africa (PDF)
Diop,Nafissatou J.; Diagne,Anta Fall
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in Haiti (PDF)
Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela; Vernon,Ricardo; Boulos,Michaelle; Boulos,Louis-Marie
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in Nicaragua (PDF)
Solis,Freddy; del Carmen Rojas,Ana; Gadea,Adilia; Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela; Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Situation analysis of the integration of family planning services in postpartum, postabortion and prevention of mother to child transmission programs in the Dominican Republic (PDF)
Quiterio,Gisela; Molina,Maritza; Miric,Marija; Vernon,Ricardo; Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Strengthening health and family planning services in low performing and hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh: Workshop report
Rob,Ubaidur; Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi
Publication date: 2008
Strengthening the financial sustainability of two Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) clinics (Bangladesh) (PDF)
Population Services and Training Center (PSTC); Frontiers in Reproductive Health
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Studying provider compliance with systematic screening during scale up in Gujarat
Khan,M.E.; Mishra,Anurag; Sharma,Vivek; Foreit,James R.; Singh,Amarjit; Kishor Desai,Vikas; Patel,Pratibha; Patel,I.C.
Publication date: 2008
Taking critical services to the home: Scaling-up home-based maternal and postnatal care, including family planning, through community midwifery in Kenya (PDF)
Mwangi,Annie; Warren,Charlotte
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Taller regional de utilización de resultados de investigación operativa para incrementar el acceso, la calidad e integración de los servicios anticonceptivos en América Latina y el Caribe
[Regional workshop to use the findings from operations research to increase the access, quality and integration of contraceptive services in Latin America and the Caribbean] (PDF)
Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela; Martin,Antonieta
Informe Final de FRONTERAS
Publication date: 2008
Technical assistance for implementing best practices in the Asia and Near East region (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Roychowdhury,Sohini; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Sekhar Kar,Sitanshu; Mishra,Anurag; Sharma,Vivek; Narayana,G.; Sharma,Bhawana; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Afifi,Ahmed
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Using operations research to enhance delivery of postpartum/postabortion family planning services in the Arab region (PDF)
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Using sexually transmitted infection (STI) biomarkers to validate the reporting of sexual behavior within a randomized experimental evaluation of interviewing methods (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Hewett,Paul C.; Mensch,Barbara S.; de A.Ribeiro,Manoel Carlos; Jones,Heidi E.; Lippman,Sheri A.; Montgomery,Mark R.; van de Wijgert,Janneke
American Journal of Epidemiology 168(2): 202-211
Publication date: 2008
Using systematic screening to integrate health services in India and Senegal: Pilot study versus scale-up results (PDF)
Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Bolivia: Marketing and economic analyses help NGOs develop strategies for sustainability (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 61)
Publication date: 2007
Developing regional operations research training capacity in South Asia (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Foreit,James R.; Roychowdhury,Sohini; Ram,F.; Shekhar,Chander
FRONTIERS Asia and Near East Region Final Report
Publication date: 2007
Evidence-based scaling up of health and family planning service innovations in Bangladesh and Ghana (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.; Ravikumar,Shruti; Simmons,Ruth; Fajans,Peter; Ghiron,Laura
from Scaling Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes, pp. 113-134
Publication date: 2007
Expanding contraceptive choice and improving quality of care in Zambia's Copperbelt: Moving from pilot projects to regional programmes (PDF)
Skibiak,John P.; Mijere,Peter; Zama,Mary; Simmons,Ruth; Fajans,Peter; Ghiron,Laura
from Scaling Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes, pp. 71-88
Publication date: 2007
Getting results used: Evidence from reproductive health programmatic research in Guatemala (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Brambila,Carlos; Ottolenghi,Emma; Marin,M.Celeste; Bertrand,Jane T.
Health Policy and Planning 22(4): 234-245
Publication date: 2007
Guías de referencia: Para instituciones y establecimientos de salud que buscan acreditar la calidad y enfoque de género de sus servicios (PDF)
Riveros Hamel,Patricia; Palenque,Erica; Vernon,Ricardo; Carreno,Ignacio
Publication date: 2007
How much will it cost to scale up a reproductive health pilot project? (PDF)
Janowitz,Barbara; Bratt,John H.; Homan,Rick; Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 8)
Publication date: 2007
Innovative program dramatically lowers child mortality in Ghana (PDF)
Population Briefs 13(2)
Publication date: 2007
Introducing and scaling up emergency contraception in the National Family Planning Program: Experience from Bangladesh
FRONTIERS Asia and Near East Region OR Summary (no. 21)
Publication date: 2007
Knowledge, practice, and coverage (KPC) survey: Baseline report, Bagh District (PDF)
Afridi,Munir; Naz,Saman; Munir,Nayyer
Publication date: 2007
Knowledge, practice, and coverage (KPC) survey: Baseline report, Mansehra District (PDF)
Afridi,Munir; Naz,Saman; Munir,Nayyer
Publication date: 2007
Mainstreaming and scaling up the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project (PDF)
Askew,Ian; Evelia,Humphres
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2007
Rapid achievement of the child survival Millennium Development Goal: Evidence from the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Binka,Fred N.; Bawah,Ayaga A.; Phillips,James F.; Hodgson,Abraham; Adjuik,Martin; MacLeod,Bruce
Tropical Medicine and International Health 12(5): 578-583
Publication date: 2007
Scaling up experimental project success with the Community-based Health Planning and Services initiative in Ghana (PDF)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Akosa,Agyeman Badu; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Simmons,Ruth; Fajans,Peter; Ghiron,Laura
from Scaling Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes, pp. 89-112
Publication date: 2007
Scaling up family planning service innovations in Brazil: The influence of politics and decentralization (PDF)
Diaz,Juan; Simmons,Ruth; Diaz,Margarita; Cabral,Francisco; Chinaglia,Magda; Fajans,Peter; Ghiron,Laura
from Scaling Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes, pp. 135-156
Publication date: 2007
Sexual risk behaviors of HIV-positive persons receiving ART in Mombasa, Kenya: Longitudinal study findings (PDF)
Luchters,Stanley; Sarna,Avina; Geibel,Scott; Chersich,Matthew F.; Munyao,Paul; Kaai,Susan; Mandaliya,Kishorchandra N.; Rutenberg,Naomi; Temmerman,Marleen
Horizons Research Summary
Publication date: 2007
Strengthening financial sustainability through integration of voluntary counseling and testing services with other reproductive health services (PDF)
Das,Rumeli; Biswas,Kaushik; Panda,Pradeep; Khan,M.E.; Homan,Rick
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2007
The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project (abstract) (HTML)
Pence,Brian Wells; Nyarko,Philomena; Phillips,James F.; Debpuur,Cornelius
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 35(6): 599-608
Publication date: 2007
The model works! Interim findings from an OR project on repositioning of IUD in Gujarat
Khan,M.E.; Sekhar Kar,Sitanshu; Kishor Desai,Vikas; Patel,Pratibha; Itare,B.P.
FRONTIERS Asia and Near East Research Update (no. 12)
Publication date: 2007
Using systematic screening to integrate reproductive health services in Vadodara, India (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Foreit,James R.; Mishra,Anurag; Das,Narayan; Patel,Pratibha
Journal of Family Welfare 53(2): 73-80
Publication date: 2007
"Support for leadership and capacity building in Pakistan," pamphlet
Publication date: 2006
Accelerating reproductive and child health programme impact with community-based services: The Navrongo experiment in Ghana
(abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Phillips,James F.; Bawah,Ayaga A.; Binka,Fred N.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 84(12): 949-953
Publication date: 2006
Building capacity to utilize operations research: Strategies and lessons learned (PDF)
Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 5)
Publication date: 2006
Comment mener un exercice de couverture : Outil d'évaluation rapide de programmes et services [How to conduct a coverage exercise: A rapid assessment tool for programs and services] (PDF)
Meyers,Carey; Lardoux,Solene
Publication date: 2006
Como conduzir um exercício de cobertura: Uma ferramenta para a avaliação rápida de programas e serviços [How to conduct a coverage exercise: A rapid assessment tool for programs and services] (PDF)
Meyers,Carey; Lardoux,Solene
Publication date: 2006
Cómo identificar y satisfacer la necesidad de servicios adicionales: Manual para gerentes (PDF) (HTML)
Vernon,Ricardo; Foreit,James R.; Ottolenghi,Emma
Manual de FRONTERAS
Publication date: 2006
Cómo realizar un ejercicio de cobertura: una herramienta de evaluación rápida para programas y servicios [How to conduct a coverage exercise: A rapid assessment tool for programs and services] (PDF)
Meyers,Carey; Lardoux,Solene
Publication date: 2006
Cost analysis of reproductive health services in PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Kenya (PDF)
Munguti,Nzoya; Mokua,Moses; Homan,Rick; Birungi,Harriet
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Cost of training programs and willingness to pay for training: An application of break-even analysis in Uganda (PDF)
Mugumya,Nicholas; Nyombi,Juliana K.; Matsiko,Michael; Homan,Rick; Birungi,Harriet; Munguti,Nzoya
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Costs and financial burden of care and support services to PLHA and households in South India (abstract) (HTML)
Duraisamy,P.; Ganesh,A.K.; Homan,Rick; Kumarasamy,N.; Castle,Christopher; Sripriya,P.; Mahendra,Vaishali Sharma; Solomon,Suniti
AIDS Care 18(2): 121-127
Publication date: 2006
Costs of reproductive health services provided by four Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) hospitals (PDF)
Boateng,James; Surnye,Henry; Mensah,Alex; Boateng,Bismark; Nyarko,Philomena; Munguti,Nzoya; Bratt,John H.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Developing regional capacity in operations research and economic evaluation in South Asia (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Roychowdhury,Sohini; Foreit,James R.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Vaithyanathan,Geetha
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
District quality assurance program for reproductive health services: An operational manual
Caleb-Varkey,Leila; Khan,M.E.; Sharma,Vivek; Agarwal,Dinesh
Publication date: 2006
Egypt: Are Egyptian couples willing to stop at two children? Results of the Slow Fertility Transition Survey
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 9)
Publication date: 2006
Egypt: Are Egyptian couples willing to stop at two children? Results of the Slow Fertility Transition Survey [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 9)
Publication date: 2006
Egypt: Egyptian clients are willing to pay higher prices for reproductive health services
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 10)
Publication date: 2006
Egypt: Egyptian clients are willing to pay higher prices for reproductive health services [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 10)
Publication date: 2006
Face-to-face complementary selling of health products in Ghana (PDF)
Bruce,Egbert; Mensah,Daniel; Idun,John; Ashabley,Francis; Foreit,James R.; Nyarko,Philomena
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
How to conduct a coverage exercise: A rapid assessment tool for programs and services (PDF)
Publication date: 2006
India: Scaling up of quality assurance measure in district level management in Gujarat state
Asia and Near East OR Summary (no. 15)
Publication date: 2006
Nepal: Enhancing cost recovery through afternoon clinic: Findings from an operations research study in Nepal
Asia and Near East OR Summary (no. 14)
Publication date: 2006
Operations research to improve financial sustainability in three Bolivian NGOs (PDF)
Merida,Martha; Arce,Javier; Moscoso,Douglas; Ramirez,Carlo; Riveros,Patricia; Bratt,John H.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Population and development: Pilot research at community level on linkage between reproductive health and poverty
Rob,Ubaidur; Islam,M.Mazharul; Anwar,Md.Mahabub Ul; Arifeen,Aminul; Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Rahman,Laila
Publication date: 2006
Promoting financial sustainability among NGOs: FRONTIERS initiative in South Asia
Pradeep,Panda; Khan,M.E.; Homan,Rick
Research Update (no. 7)
Publication date: 2006
Scaling up a reproductive health curriculum in youth training courses (PDF)
Rahman,Laila; Islam,M.Mazharul; Rob,Ubaidur; Bhuiya,Ismat; Khan,M.E.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Scaling up: Reproductive health curriculum in vocational training centers for youth
Asia and Near East Region OR Summary (no. 12)
Publication date: 2006
Scientific writing for reproductive health programs/Redacción científica para programas de salud reproductiva (HTML)
Foreit,James R.; Khanna,Jitendra; Joyce,Stephanie
Publication date: 2006
Systematic screening: A strategy for determining and meeting clients' reproductive health needs (PDF)
Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 6)
Publication date: 2006
TB baseline survey in 30 districts implementing CHPS in seven southern regions of Ghana
Final report
Publication date: 2006
Technical assistance to organizations in Guinea seeking to reduce female genital cutting (PDF)
Diop,Nafissatou J.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
The impact of immunization on the association between poverty and child survival: Evidence from Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana (PDF)
Bawah,Ayaga A.; Phillips,James F.; Adjuik,Martin; Vaughan-Smith,Maya; MacLeod,Bruce; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 218)
Publication date: 2006
Accelerating reproductive and child health program development: The Navrongo initiative in Ghana (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Bawah,Ayaga A.; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 208)
Publication date: 2005
Assisting professionals in India, Pakistan, Sudan, and Vietnam (PDF)
Population Council Annual Report 2004
Publication date: 2005
Building national capacity to deliver emergency contraceptive services in Bangladesh (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Nizamuddin Bhuiyan,Md
FRONTIERS Research Update (no. 3)
Publication date: 2005
Building postgraduate capacity in medical and public health research in Vietnam: An in-service training model (abstract) (HTML)
Goto,Aya; Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong; Nguyen Thi Mai Huong; Hughes,Jane
Public Health 119(3): 174-183
Publication date: 2005
Cross-cultural adaptation of reproductive health services in Bolivia (PDF)
Gonzales Salguero,Fernando; Martin,Antonieta; Perez Mendoza,Rosario; Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual (PDF)
Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Khan,M.E.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Publication date: 2005
Enquêtes d'acceptation de paiment destinées à déterminer les prix des produits et services dans le domaine de la santé de la reproduction : manuel de l'utilisateur [Willingness to pay surveys for setting prices for reproductive health products and services: A user's manual] (PDF)
Foreit,Karen G.Fleischman; Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2005
Ethical Approaches to Gathering Information from Children and Adolescents in International Settings: Guidelines and Resources (PDF)
Schenk,Katie D.; Williamson,Jan
Publication date: 2005
Expanding a successful health care initiative (PDF)
Population Briefs 11(3)
Publication date: 2005
Guiding the Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services approach to scaling up with qualitative systems appraisal (abstract) (HTML)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.; Phillips,James F.; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku
International Quarterly of Community Health Education 23(3): 189-213
Publication date: 2005
Health sector reform in developing countries: Trends and lessons learned
Rob,Ubaidur; Talukder,Md.Noorunnabi; Anwar,Md.Mahabub Ul; Rahman,Laila; Mutahara,Marium ul
Publication date: 2005
How many years of life could be saved if malaria were eliminated from a hyperendemic area of northern Ghana? (PDF)
Bawah,Ayaga A.; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 203)
Publication date: 2005
India: Broad representation supports credibility of village committees (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 52)
Publication date: 2005
Population Council contributions toward the development and advances in reproductive biomedicine and population sciences in Asian nations (1952-2002) (HTML)
Koide,Samuel S.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 31(1): 2-11
Publication date: 2005
Review of antenatal-linked voluntary counseling and HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons and options for Ghana (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Baiden,Frank; Baiden,Rita; Williams,John; Akweongo,Patricia; Clerk,Christine; Debpuur,Cornelius; Phillips,James F.; Hodgson,Abraham
Ghana Medical Journal 39(1): 8-13
Publication date: 2005
Systematic screening as a strategy to increase services integration and revenues in Honduras (PDF)
Vernon,Ricardo; Foreit,James R.; Mancini,Fiorella; Pavón,Suyapa; Torres,Jheisy
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Systematic screening to integrate reproductive health services in India (PDF)
Das,N.P.; Shah,Urvi; Chitania,Varsha; Patel,Pratibha; Khan,M.E.; Mishra,Anurag; Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Technical assistance and training for PROCOSI operations research program, Bolivia (PDF)
Gonzales Salguero,Fernando; Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Technical assistance and training for the CIES Operations Research Program, Bolivia
Gonzales Salguero,Fernando; Riveros,Patricia
Publication date: 2005
The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project (PDF)
Pence,Brian Wells; Nyarko,Philomena; Phillips,James F.; Debpuur,Cornelius
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 200)
Publication date: 2005
The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative for scaling up service delivery innovation (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.
Health Policy and Planning 20(1): 25-34
Publication date: 2005
Transferring Ghana's system of evidence-based health program development: Program for an initial exchange with Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso (PDF)
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2005
Use of systematic screening to increase the provision of reproductive health services in Bolivia (PDF)
Foreit,James R.; Vernon,Ricardo; Riveros Hamel,Patricia
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Using systematic screening to increase integration of reproductive health services delivery in Senegal (PDF)
Sanogo,Diouratie; Vernon,Ricardo; Foreit,James R.; Seck,Awa; Adoye,Colonel Adama; Ndoye,Laty G.; Diop,Cheikh Bamba; Mboup,Balla Mbacke; Sarr,Omar
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
What works? What fails? Compendium of newsletters from the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project 2001-2004
Publication date: 2005
Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt (PDF)
Bratt,John H.; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Ibrahim,Magdi A.; Edress,Mohammed
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt [Arabic]
Bratt,John H.; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Ibrahim,Magdi A.; Idrees,Mohamed
Summary of Key Findings
Publication date: 2005
A multi-sectoral approach to providing reproductive health information and services to young people in Western Kenya: The Kenya adolescent reproductive health project (PDF)
Askew,Ian; Chege,Jane; Njue,Carolyne; Radeny,Samson
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
A rapid situation analysis of the access to care project in Northern Thailand (PDF)
Panpanich,Ratana
Horizons Final Report
Publication date: 2004
An integrated strategy for strengthening the capacity of the Reproductive Health Research Unit of the University of Witwatersrand to train researchers and program managers in research and data utilization
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Bangladesh: Offering reproductive health services for men improves clinic utilization (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 47)
Publication date: 2004
Bridging the gap between evidence-based innovation and national health-sector reform in Ghana (PDF)
Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Feinglass,Ellie S.; Tobey,Rachel; Vaughan-Smith,Maya; Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.; Phillips,James F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 191)
Publication date: 2004
Bridging the gap between evidence-based innovation and national health-sector reform in Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Feinglass,Ellie S.; Tobey,Rachel; Vaughan-Smith,Maya; Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.
Studies in Family Planning 35(3): 161-177
Publication date: 2004
Building the capacity of the Regional Center for Quality of Health Care, Makerere University, to train consumers of operations research
Okullo,Joel; Foreit,James R.; Birungi,Harriet; Askew,Ian; Homan,Rick
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Community involvement in reproductive health: Findings from research in Karnataka, India (PDF)
Foundation for Research in Health Systems
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Developing a supervision instrument for postabortion care in Guatemala, Bolivia and Mexico (PDF)
Brambila,Carlos
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Displaced persons in Khartoum: Current realities and post-war scenarios
Assal,Munzoul A.M.
MEAwards report
Publication date: 2004
Encuestas de voluntad de pago para fijar precios de productos y servicios de salud reproductiva: Manual de usuarios (PDF)
Foreit,Karen G.Fleischman; Foreit,James R.
FRONTERAS Reporte
Publication date: 2004
Expanding care and support in South India: Scaling up YRG CARE's patient-centered approach (PDF)
YRG CARE; Horizons Program; International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Horizons Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Formal and informal abortion services in Rajasthan, India: Results of a situation analysis (PDF)
Barge,Sandhya; Bracken,Hillary J.; Elul,Batya; Kumar,Nayan; Khan,Wajahat U.; Verma,Shalini; Camlin,Carol
Publication date: 2004
Integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh (PDF)
Rob,Ubaidur; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Khan,M.E.; Al-Sabir,Ahmed; Alam,Mohammed Ahsanul
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Introducing operations research into the curriculum of the Central American Population Program of the University of Costa Rica
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Labor augmentation in an Egyptian teaching hospital (abstract) (HTML)
Khalil,Karima; Cherine,Mohamed; Elnoury,Amr; Sholkamy,Hania; Breebaart,Miral; Hassanein,Nevine
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 85(1): 74-80
Publication date: 2004
Maximizing resources to meet client needs: Evaluation of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and support model in India (PDF)
YRG CARE; Horizons Program; International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Horizons Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Scaling up a multi-sectoral pilot project
FRONTIERS Research Update
Publication date: 2004
Scaling up a successful counseling model in Guatemala (PDF)
Guatemalan Association of Female Physicians (AGMM)
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
The effects of outreach on perceived quality of care in two rural areas of Bangladesh (abstract) (HTML)
Hossain,Mian Bazle; Barkat-e-Khuda; Phillips,James F.
Journal of Biosocial Science 36(5): 507-522
Publication date: 2004
The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts in Kenya (abstract) (HTML)
Hewett,Paul C.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Erulkar,Annabel S.
Social Science Computer Review 22(3): 319-334
Publication date: 2004
Training Latin American ministry of health service providers on emergency contraception
Martin,Antonieta; Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Tulane University final report (PDF)
Marin,M.Celeste; Gage,Anastasia J.; Khan,Suhaila
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Willingness to pay surveys for setting prices for reproductive health products and services: A user's manual (PDF)
Foreit,Karen G.Fleischman; Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2004
Bangladesh: Link adolescent reproductive health resources to increase access (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 34)
Publication date: 2003
Cameroon: Peer education and youth-friendly media reduce risky sexual behavior (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 37)
Publication date: 2003
Creation of a unified management information system for three NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza (PDF)
Health,Development,Information and Policy Institute
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2003
Demographic surveillance systems
Phillips,James F.; Demeny,Paul; McNicoll,Geoffrey
from Encyclopedia of Population, pp. 204-206
Publication date: 2003
Evaluating operations research utilization: Guidelines for assessing process and impact (PDF)
Marin,M.Celeste; Bertrand,Jane T.
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2003
Evidence-based development of health and family planning programs in Bangladesh and Ghana (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Nyonator,Frank K.; Ravikumar,Shruti
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 175)
Publication date: 2003
Expanding capacity for operations research in reproductive health: Summary report of a consultative meeting
World Health Organization; Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Publication date: 2003
Improving organizational climate of non-profit organizations
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Bhargava,S.
Productivity 43(4): 611-618
Publication date: 2003
Innovative strategies reduce fertility in Ghana (PDF)
Population Briefs 9(2)
Publication date: 2003
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
Kenya: Communities support adolescent reproductive health education (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 33)
Publication date: 2003
New operations research handbook targets HIV/AIDS (PDF)
Population Briefs 9(1)
Publication date: 2003
Philippines: Mobilize policy champion teams to foster utilization of management tools (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 31)
Publication date: 2003
Policy and program implications of the Matching Grants Program in the Philippines (PDF)
Palabrica-Costello,Marilou; Ogena,Nimfa; Herrin,Alejandro N.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2003
Rapid Needs Assessment Tool for Condom Programming (PDF)
Miller,Robert A.; Sloan,Nancy L.; Weiss,Eugene; Pobiak,Bernard
Publication date: 2003
Reproductive health services in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: A situation analysis study focusing on HIV/AIDS services (PDF)
Ndhlovu,Lewis; Searle,Catherine; Miller,Robert A.; Fisher,Andrew A.; Snyman,Ester; Sloan,Nancy L.
Horizons Final Report
Publication date: 2003
Senegal: Involve community networks in adolescent reproductive health (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 35)
Publication date: 2003
Social interaction and contraceptive change in northern Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Feyisetan,Bamikale J.; Phillips,James F.; Binka,Fred N.
African Population Studies 18(2): 47-67
Publication date: 2003
The costs of programmes at selected youth centres in South Africa (PDF)
Janowitz,Barbara; Cuthbertson,Carmen; Beksinska,Mags; Cebekhulu,Queen
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2003
The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts in Kenya. (PDF)
Hewett,Paul C.; Erulkar,Annabel S.; Mensch,Barbara S.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 168)
Publication date: 2003
The future of training population scientists (PDF)
Population Briefs 9(2)
Publication date: 2003
The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative: Fostering evidence-based organizational change and development in a resource-constrained setting (PDF)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 180)
Publication date: 2003
The impact of household delivery of family planning services on women's status in Bangladesh (abstract) (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Hossain,Mian Bazle
International Family Planning Perspectives 29(3): 138-145
Publication date: 2003
The reliability and validity of willingness to pay surveys for reproductive health pricing decisions in developing countries (abstract) (HTML)
Foreit,James R.; Foreit,Karen G.Fleischman
Health Policy 63(1): 37-47
Publication date: 2003
Women's denial of having experienced female genital cutting in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and consequences for analysis of survey data (PDF)
Jackson,Elizabeth F.; Akweongo,Patricia; Sakeah,Evelyn; Hodgson,Abraham; Asuru,Rofina; Phillips,James F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 178)
Publication date: 2003
YRG CARE base model report: Integrated prevention, care, and support services (PDF)
Castle,Christopher
Horizons Project Report
Publication date: 2003
Best practices in client-provider interactions in reproductive health services: A review of the literature (PDF)
Murphy,Elaine M.
New Perspectives on Quality of Care
Publication date: 2002
Capacitación y Apoyo de Científicos en Población de Países en Desarrollo: Un Informe de Panel - Resumen y Recomendaciones (PDF)
Publication date: 2002
Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in Ghana: A multi-level, qualitative assessment in the Volta Region
Nyonator,Frank K.; Agbadja,Comfort; Gbeddy,Dennis; Nyarko,George; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.; Phillips,James F.
Publication date: 2002
Designing HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook (PDF)
Fisher,Andrew A.; Foreit,James R.; Laing,John E.; Stoeckel,John E.; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 2002
Formation et soutien pour les scientifiques démographiques des pays en développement: Rapport du groupe d'experts. Sommaire et recommandations (PDF)
Publication date: 2002
FRONTIERS capacity building: An overview (PDF)
Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2002
Horizons AIDSQuest: the HIV/AIDS Survey Library
Publication date: 2002
Institutional support for a program of activities within the pilot health project in the West Bank and Gaza (PDF)
Health,Development,Information and Policy Institute
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2002
Operations research training and technical assistance in El Salvador
Vernon,Ricardo; Brambila,Carlos
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2002
Sustainability of postabortion care in Peru (PDF)
Benson,Janie; Huapaya,Victor
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2002
The impact of price changes on demand for family planning and reproductive health services in Ecuador (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Bratt,John H.; Weaver,Mark A.; Foreit,James R.; de Vargas,Teresa; Janowitz,Barbara
Health Policy and Planning 17(3): 281-287
Publication date: 2002
The impact of the Navrongo project on contraceptive knowledge and use, reproductive preferences, and fertility (abstract) (PDF)
Debpuur,Cornelius; Phillips,James F.; Jackson,Elizabeth F.; Nazzar,Alex; Ngom,Pierre; Binka,Fred N.
Studies in Family Planning 33(2): 141-164
Publication date: 2002
Tools and training strengthen African AIDS groups (PDF)
Population Briefs, Spring 2002 (HIV/AIDS edition)
Publication date: 2002
Training and Support of Developing-Country Population Scientists: A Panel Report (PDF)
Publication date: 2002
Training and Support of Developing-Country Population Scientists: A Panel Report. Summary & Recommendations (PDF)
Publication date: 2002
Training service providers on emergency contraception: Lessons learned from an OR study (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail
FRONTIERS Research Update (no. 2)
Publication date: 2002
Training service providers on emergency contraception: Lessons learned from an OR study [Arabic] (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail
FRONTIERS Research Update (no. 2)
Publication date: 2002
Using operations research to strengthen programmes for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting. Report of a consultative meeting on methodological issues for FGC Research, April 9-11, 2002. Nairobi, Kenya (PDF)
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2002
A Question of Scale? The Challenge of Expanding the Impact of Non-Governmental Organisations' HIV/AIDS Efforts in Developing Countries (PDF)
DeJong,Jocelyn
Publication date: 2001
Comment promouvoir l'utilisation des résultats d'une analyse situationnelle à l'échelle nationale: Expérience du Sénégal [Promoting utilization of results from the national situation analysis in Senegal] (PDF)
Ndoye,Adama; Mbow,Bineta; Diop,Cheikh Bamba; Cisse,Mady; Thiam,Macoumba; Sanogo,Diouratie; Niang,Mbacke
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
Demographic surveillance and health equity in sub-Saharan Africa (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Ngom,Pierre; Binka,Fred N.; Phillips,James F.; Pence,Brian Wells; MacLeod,Bruce
Health Policy and Planning 16(4): 337-344
Publication date: 2001
Extending operations research to social marketing programs (PDF)
de Vargas,Teresa
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
Honduras: Postpartum and postabortion patients want family planning (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 25)
Publication date: 2001
Immunization status and child survival in rural Ghana (PDF)
Nyarko,Philomena; Pence,Brian Wells; Debpuur,Cornelius
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 147)
Publication date: 2001
Indonesia: Train journalists to write about reproductive health (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 16)
Publication date: 2001
Influencing reproductive health policy and programs in the Philippines: Implementing an advocacy model for utilization of operations research (PDF)
Masulit,Saniata; Costello,Marilou P.; Hegazi,Sahar
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
La recherche opérationnelle en planification familiale: Un recueil d'articles
Foreit,James R.; Frejka,Tomas
Publication date: 2001
Length of counseling sessions and amount of relevant information exchanged: A study in Peruvian clinics (abstract) (PDF)
Leon,Federico R.; Monge,Rosa; Zumaran,Adriana; Garcia,Ingeborg; Rios,Alex
International Family Planning Perspectives 27(1): 28-33, 46
Publication date: 2001
Middle East Research Awards program impact and future(s): A forward looking evaluation
Rouse,Shahnaz
West Asia & North Africa Regional Paper (no. 48)
Publication date: 2001
Operations research in reproductive health and family planning at the Cairo Demographic Center (PDF)
Ibrahim,Magdi A.; Foreit,James R.; Khan,M.E.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
Reproductive health working group
Mendoza,Irma; Medina,Ruth; Vernon,Ricardo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
Role of information technology in health and education sector: Hopes, challenges and attendant risks
Nayyar,Anjali
from Role of Information Technology in Rural Social Sector: A Report
Publication date: 2001
Setting prices for reproductive health services in a public hospital in Guatemala (PDF)
Bratt,John H.; Valdez,Adrian; Molina,Roberto; Alfaro,Mario; Barrientos,Marco Antonio; Brambila,Carlos; Figueroa,Werner
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
Special studies program of the Pilot Health Project
Ali,Nancy; Shaheen,Mahmoud; Hegazi,Sahar; Nawar,Laila; Huntington,Dale; Hosny,Gihan
Project Update (no. 3)
Publication date: 2001
Special studies program of the Pilot Health Project: West Bank and Gaza (PDF)
Shaheen,Mahmoud; Nawar,Laila; Huntington,Dale; Hegazi,Sahar; Ali,Nancy
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
Technical assistance to NGOs working in reproductive health in Honduras
Mendoza,Irma
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
The reporting of sensitive behavior among adolescents: A methodological experiment in Kenya (PDF)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.; Erulkar,Annabel S.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 151)
Publication date: 2001
Upgrading the capacity and skills of service providers of the Pilot Health Project
Ali,Nancy; Hegazi,Sahar; Shaheen,Mahmoud; Nawar,Laila; Huntington,Dale; Hosny,Gihan
Project Update (no. 2)
Publication date: 2001
Améliorer la santé des adolescents au Sénégal: Et si on en parlait [Improve adolescent health in Senegal: And if one speaks of it]
FRONTIERS Research Update
Publication date: 2000
Are lessons from the education sector applicable to health care reforms? The case of Uganda (abstract) (HTML)
Okuonzi,Sam; Birungi,Harriet
International Journal of Health Planning and Management 15(3): 201-219
Publication date: 2000
Computer Based Tools to Improve Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Reproductive Health Programs
Publication date: 2000
Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Strengthening the links (PDF)
Langer,Ana; Nigenda,Gustavo; Catino,Jennifer
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78(5): 667-676
Publication date: 2000
Increasing the coverage of reproductive health issues in the Egyptian press (PDF)
Hegazi,Sahar; Khalifa,Mona
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2000
Intra-household decision-making on health and resource allocation in Borgou, Bénin (PDF)
Ngom,Pierre; Wawire,Salome; Gandaho,Timothee; Klissou,Pierre; Adjimon,Toussaint; Seye,Mbaye; Akouanou,Emile; Winter,Laurie
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2000
Is audio computer-assisted self-interviewing a feasible method of surveying in Zimbabwe? (abstract) (PDF)
van de Wijgert,Janneke; Padian,Nancy F.; Shiboski,Stephen; Turner,Charles
International Journal of Epidemiology 29(5): 885-890
Publication date: 2000
Local level authorities and local action in Greater Khartoum, Sudan [Arabic] (PDF)
Hamid,Gamal M.
MEAwards Regional Paper (no. 47)
Publication date: 2000
The Household Registration System: Computer software for the rapid dissemination of demographic surveillance systems (abstract) (HTML)
Phillips,James F.; MacLeod,Bruce; Pence,Brian Wells
Demographic Research 2(6)
Publication date: 2000
The Tostan story: Breakthrough in Senegal ending female genital cutting
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2000
Assessing population dynamics in a rural African society: The Navrongo Demographic Surveillance System (abstract) (HTML)
Binka,Fred N.; Ngom,Pierre; Phillips,James F.; Adazu,Kubaje; MacLeod,Bruce
Journal of Biosocial Science 31(3): 375-391
Publication date: 1999
Indonesia: Analysis of conflicting crisis-related research results (PDF)
Gardner,Michelle; Amaliah,Lila
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 1999
Investigación operativa en planificación familiar: Lecturas selectas (PDF)
Foreit,James R.; Frejka,Tomas
Publication date: 1999
Lessons from community-based distribution of family planning in Africa (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Greene,Wendy L.; Jackson,Elizabeth F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 121)
Publication date: 1999
Operations research: What is it, what has it done for family planning, what can it do for reproductive health?
Foreit,James R.; Frejka,Tomas
Social Sciences Translation Series 12
Publication date: 1999
Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research (PDF)
Publication date: 1999
Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research [Spanish]
Publication date: 1999
Reproductive health indicators: Moving forward (PDF)
Blanchard,Kelly; Elul,Batya; RamaRao,Saumya
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1999
The changing nature of adolescence in the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Bagah,Daniel; Clark,Wesley H.; Binka,Fred N.
Studies in Family Planning 30(2): 95-111
Publication date: 1999
The Tostan story: Breakthrough in Senegal ending female genital cutting [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 1999
Clinic-Based Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services in Africa: Findings from Situation Analysis Studies (PDF)
Miller,Kate; Miller,Robert A.; Askew,Ian; Horn,Marjorie C.; Ndhlovu,Lewis
Publication date: 1998
Family Planning Operations Research: A Book of Readings (PDF)
Foreit,James R.; Frejka,Tomas
Publication date: 1998
Manual para el Diseño de Investigación Operativa en Planificación Familiar
Fisher,Andrew A.; Lang,John; Stoeckel,John E.; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 1998
Manuel de recherche opérationnelle en matière de planification familiale, Seconde édition
Fisher,Andrew A.; Laing,John E.; Stoeckel,John E.; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 1998
Ph.D. Training for Africans in Population Studies
Heisel,Donald
Publication date: 1998
Recherches opérationnelles sur les soins post-abortum: Progrès et défis. Compte rendu d'une réunion mondiale. (PDF)
Huntington,Dale
Publication date: 1998
Safety lessons from Matlab
Chowdhury,Syeda Nahid Mukith
Planned Parenthood Challenges 1: 28-29
Publication date: 1998
Strengthening the utilization of family planning operations research: Findings from case studies in Africa (PDF)
Solo,Julie; Cerulli,Annamaria; Miller,Robert A.; Askew,Ian; Pearlman,Elizabeth
Africa OR/TA Project II Final Report
Publication date: 1998
The changing social environment for adolescents in Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana: Implications for reproductive behavior (PDF)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Bagah,Daniel; Clark,Wesley H.; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 110)
Publication date: 1998
The influence of traditional religion on fertility regulation among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Adongo,Philip B.; Binka,Fred N.; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 29(1): 23-40
Publication date: 1998
Three strategies to promote sustainability of CEMOPLAF clinics in Ecuador (abstract) (PDF)
Bratt,John H.; Foreit,James R.; de Vargas,Teresa
Studies in Family Planning 29(1): 58-68
Publication date: 1998
Using situation analysis to improve reproductive health programs (PDF)
Askew,Ian; Miller,Kate; Miller,Robert A.; Horn,Marjorie C.; Ndhlovu,Lewis
from Clinic-based Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services in Africa: Findings from Situation Analysis Studies, pp. 87-104
Publication date: 1998
Absent and problematic men: Demographic accounts of male reproductive roles (PDF)
Greene,Margaret E.; Biddlecom,Ann E.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 103)
Publication date: 1997
Scaling-up improved postabortion care in Egypt: Introduction to University and Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals (PDF)
Nawar,Laila; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Asia and Near East OR/TA Project Final Report
Publication date: 1997
Scaling-up improved postabortion care in Egypt: Introduction to University and Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summary
Publication date: 1997
The determinants of contraceptive innovation: A case-control study of family planning acceptance in a traditional African society
Phillips,James F.; Binka,Fred N.; Adjuik,Martin; Nazzar,Alex; Adazu,Kubaze Frank
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 93)
Publication date: 1997
Comparing the Peru service availability module and situation analysis (abstract)
Arends-Kuenning,Mary; Mensch,Barbara S.; Garate,Maria Rosa
Studies in Family Planning 27(1): 44-51
Publication date: 1996
INOPAL II Final Report (PDF)
INOPAL II Final Report
Publication date: 1996
The long-term demographic role of community-based family planning in rural Bangladesh (abstract)
Phillips,James F.; Hossain,Mian Bazle; Arends-Kuenning,Mary
Studies in Family Planning 27(4): 204-219
Publication date: 1996
The reliability of the situation analysis observation guide (abstract)
Huntington,Dale; Miller,Kate; Mensch,Barbara S.
Studies in Family Planning 27(5): 277-282
Publication date: 1996
Developing a culturally appropriate family planning program for the Navrongo experiment (abstract)
Nazzar,Alex; Adongo,Philip B.; Binka,Fred N.; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 26(6): 307-324
Publication date: 1995
The long-term demographic role of community-based family planning in rural Bangladesh
Phillips,James F.; Hossain,Mian Bazle; Arends-Kuenning,Mary
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 73)
Publication date: 1995
The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project (abstract)
Binka,Fred N.; Nazzar,Alex; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 26(3): 121-139
Publication date: 1995
Assessing the impact of the quality of family planning services on contraceptive use in Peru: A case study linking Situation Analysis data to the DHS
Mensch,Barbara S.; Arends-Kuenning,Mary; Jain,Anrudh K.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 67)
Publication date: 1994
Methods for costing family planning services (PDF)
Janowitz,Barbara; Bratt,John H.
Publication date: 1994
Using situation analysis data to assess the functioning of family planning clinics in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe (abstract)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Fisher,Andrew A.; Askew,Ian; Ajayi,Ayorinde
Studies in Family Planning 25(1): 18-31
Publication date: 1994
Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design [Arabic] (PDF)
Fisher,Andrew A.; Laing,John E.; Stoeckel,John E.; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 1991
Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design, Second Edition (PDF)
Fisher,Andrew A.; Laing,John E.; Stoeckel,John E.; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 1991
Brief report: Activities and achievements of the P4P Project -- Introducing pay-for-performance (P4P) approach to increase utilization of maternal, newborn, and child health services in Bangladesh (PDF)
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