WHO has launched a new tool intended for front-line health care providers to help women initiate contraception in humanitarian and emergency settings.
Resources
For each unit, you will need the Participant Workbook, the Facilitator’s Guide, and a slide presentation. Some units also require additional materials available on the unit pages.
For this training, you will need the following resources available from our partners:
References
Before teaching the course, facilitators are advised to familiarize themselves with the following resources and job aids:
Pathfinder developed this document to guide Ministries of Health, policymakers, service providers, and other partners on how to continue to safely deliver family planning services during COVID-19.
The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) toolkit, developed and tested in Kenya and South Africa, provides the information and materials that healthcare providers need to offer complete, high-quality family planning counseling to clients living in areas with high rates of HIV and STIs. The BCS+ was adapted from the Balanced Counseling Strategy (León 1999; León et al. 2003a, b, c; León, Vernon, Martin, and Bruce 2008). The first edition of the Balanced Counseling Strategy and Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus toolkits are products of the Population Council’s FRONTIERS program, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Cooperative Agreement HRN-A-00-98-00012-00.
WHO has launched a new tool intended for front-line health care providers to help women initiate contraception in humanitarian and emergency settings.
The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a Guideline Development Group (GDG) meeting from 29 to 31 July 2019 to review global guidance on contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV acquisition to and determine whether revisions to the fifth edition of the Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC) were needed. The issue was deemed critical, particularly for sub-Saharan Africa, given the high lifetime risk of acquiring HIV alongside the importance of hormonal contraception in offering women and adolescent girls’ choice and in reducing their risk of unintended pregnancy, a common threat to the health, well-being and lives of women and adolescent girls.
A practical guidebook for program managers and health care providers on delivering high quality family planning counseling, services, and care.
This document presents a user-friendly checklist specifically addressed to health care providers, at the primary health care level, who are involved in the direct provision of contraceptive information and services. It is complimentary to WHO guidelines on Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: Guidance and recommendations, and the Implementation Guide published jointly with UNFPA in 2015. This checklist also builds on the WHO vision document on Standards for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal and Newborn Care and its ongoing work under the Quality, Equity and Dignity initiative. The checklist should be read along with other guidance from WHO and also from partners.
Before taking the course, participants are advised to take the MISP Distance Learning Module.
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