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Introduction of the Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure to Combat Cervical Cancer in Ethiopia
This update discusses the Addis Tesfa project's experience implementing the Loop Electrosurgical Excision procedure to address cervical cancer in Ethiopia.
Single-Visit Approach to Cervical Cancer Prevention: Clinical Standards of Practice and Counseling Guide
Designed to be used by physicians, nurses, midwives, and health officers who provide cervical cancer prevention services using the single-visit approach.
Introducing Operations Research to Large-Scale Program Implementation in Ethiopia
This technical update describes how the USAID-funded Integrated Family Health Program built capacity of health program managers and implementers to conduct operations research to strengthen systems and foster innovation based on systematic learning.
PRACHAR: Advancing Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in India
This technical brief summarizes the evolution of PRACHAR, describes the intervention model and key evaluation results that informed each phase, and highlights next steps for dissemination and advocacy based on 11 years of project learning.
Straight to the Point: Budgeting Basics
This Straight to the Point capacity building tool introduces the concept of budgeting to community-based organizations with limited resources and financial management experience, and leads them through the process of creating a simple budget.
Straight to the Point: Identifying and Prioritizing Behavior Change Needs
Organizations and groups can use this tool to guide a group activity with members of the community they work with in order to identify the major barriers to adopting a specific healthier behavior and to prioritize which barriers should be addressed first.
Empowering Communities through Integrated Systems Strengthening in Northern Mozambique
This brief articulates SCIP’s strategy of integrated systems strengthening, shares a snapshot of its implementation status, and highlights next steps for the project’s remaining two years.
Pathfinder's Integrated Systems Strengthening Framework
This publication offers a concise overview of Pathfinder’s Integrated Systems Strengthening framework, which is our strategy for connecting people to systems and systems to people.
Strengthening Strategic Health Information Systems in Kenya's North Eastern Province
This technical brief discusses steps taken by the project to meet challenges to the use of strategic health information in Kenya’s North Eastern Province, and provides recommendations for future similar efforts in comparable contexts.
Straight to the Point: Setting Advocacy Priorities
This tool helps a team take the first step in developing an advocacy initiative selecting an issue for advocacy.
Straight to the Point: Assessing the Political Environment for Advocacy
This tool helps a team understand the environment they are working in and the key factors they need to consider as they develop their initiative.
Straight to the Point: Mapping an Advocacy Strategy
This tool helps a team plan a concrete strategy for achieving their goal, including determining their specific activities.
Scale-Up of Task-Shifting for Community-Based Provision of Implanon, Technical Summary 2009-2011
The Integrated Family Health Program (IFHP) is a five-year USAID-funded program to promote an integrated model for strengthening maternal and child health, family planning, and reproductive health services in Ethiopia.
Straight to the Point: Evaluation of Behavior Change Activities
This simple checklist will help you conduct a “straight to the point” assessment of behavior change activities, focusing on issues like facilitation, language, and participant engagement.
Straight to the Point: Assessing Partner Capacity for Behavior Change Activities
This tool provides a"straight to the point" means of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of BC implementing partners. It offers ideas and suggestions to help supervisors assess partner capacity in a systematic manner.
Straight to the Point: Evaluation of IEC Materials
This "straight to the point" evaluation looks at the communicative aspects listed on the checklist and rates the material in question on each of the aspects.
Straight to the Point Capacity Building Tools
Taking into consideration implementers limited time and resources, the tools in Pathfinder's "Straight to the Point" Series provide clear, concise guidance on a variety of issues related to program design, implementation, and evaluation.
Integrating Communities into the Health System: The Takamol Project Summary Review
This summary review provides analysis of Pathfinder-Egypt's Takamol project and includes description of program strategy and evaluation results.
Advancing Family Planning for Improved Reproductive Health in Northern Nigeria
Pathfinder's Private Sector Family Planning Service Delivery Project (2000- 2011) pioneered advancements in family planning and reproductive health service delivery in northern Nigeria.
The Maternal Health Care Improvement Initiative: Nigeria
This report touches on the implementation, challenges, and lessons learned from Pathfinder's Sustainable Maternal Health Care Behavior Improvement Initiative, a project from 2003-2010.
Improved Quality of Reproductive Health Care in Viet Nam: An Overview of the Reproductive Health Projects
This paper summarizes the results, strategies, and challenges of the Reproductive Health Projects (RHPs), initiative to improve reproductive health services available in two leading hospitals and the Viet Nam government's reproductive health care network.
Improved Quality of Reproductive Health Care in Viet Nam: An Overview of the Reproductive Health Projects
This paper summarizes the results, strategies, and challenges of the Reproductive Health Projects (RHPs) initiative to improve reproductive health services available in two leading hospitals and the Viet Nam government's reproductive health care network.
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