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- Autodisposable Syringes and Sharps Disposal Containers with DMPA
Publication date: 2001
Region: Global
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- Contraceptive Choices for Young People (job aid) [Vietnamese]
Developed as part of a project aimed at strengthening the provision of reproductive health services for young people at pharmacies, this job aid aims to remind pharmacy staff of key points about ongoing contraceptive methods for their discussions with young clients.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Asia
- Contraceptive Methods in Focus: IUDs, Implants, and Oral Contraceptives (Outlook, vol. 21, no. 1)
Despite an increase in demand and availability, access to contraceptive use remains a challenge to many due to a variety of barriers. For health care providers and counselors, providing the most up-to-date information concerning contraceptive choices is critical for ensuring clients are able to make the best decisions about their reproductive needs. This issue of Outlook addresses several topics related to contraceptive methods, including trends in contraceptive use, the underutilization of IUDs, the increase in options for contraceptive implants, combined oral contraceptives, and new options in hormonal contraception.
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- Dialogues for Life: Training Facilitators in Dialogue-Based Behavior Change Communication for Reproductive Health
This training course was developed as a component of the Dialogues for Life approach, which focuses on preventing unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion and increasing women’s access to safe, legal abortion to terminate unwanted pregnancy. The course prepares participants to lead activities such as dialogue groups, magnification of personal stories of behavior change, and facilitation of referrals for reproductive health services.
Publication date: June 2007
Region: Asia
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 4, Issue 3, January 2008)
This issue of Directions in Global Health profiles five aspects of PATH's work: our regional efforts to control tuberculosis, the development of and new applications for the Uniject device, a study evaluating storage of hepatitis B vaccine outside of the cold chain, promotion of condom use among young people, and PATH's procurement team.
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 5, Issue 1, May 2008)
This issue of Directions in Global Health profiles our effort to expand access to safe water, particularly in India; a project to improve nutrition for infants and young children; our thermostable vaccine work; surveillance activities for Japanese encephalitis; and our work under the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition.
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- Enhancing Equity and Sustainability of Public-Sector Family Planning
These fact sheets provide an overview of the rationale, framework, and key concepts of PATH's Enhancing Equity and Sustainability of Public-Sector Family Planning project, funded by the Fred H. Bixby Foundation. This reproductive health project aims to strengthen country-led, public-sector decision-making for family planning within a total market context and will be implemented in Nicaragua and Vietnam.
Publication date: March 2009
Region: Global
- Ensuring Contraceptive Supply Security (Outlook, vol. 20, no. 3)
International assistance for family planning has been shrinking at a time when many family planning programs in developing countries are experiencing shortages of supplies. This issue of Outlook discusses contraceptive supply security, including its critical components, the current status of funding, causes of contraceptive shortages, and challenges and promising approaches to achieving supply security.
- Ensuring Privacy and Confidentiality in Reproductive Health Services: A Training Module and Guide for Service Providers
A growing body of research supports that protection of privacy and confidentiality is a priority factor in whether clients access RH information, counseling, and services. Whe clients experience violations of privacy or confidentiality they are more likely to drop out of services. This manual is designed to enable clinic staff at all levels to better support and protect the right of clients to privacy and confidentiality. It includes a training module; job aids; and supporting documents (that includes a list of resources related to privacy and confidentiality).
- Ensuring the Availability of Reproductive Health Supplies
This case profile highlights a suite of supply-chain projects in reproductive health that serve as examples of PATH's efforts in strengthening health systems. Key issues related to the availability, affordability, and quality of reproductive health supplies are summarized along with PATH’s efforts to improve manufacturing, purchasing, and distribution of reproductive health supplies globally.
Publication date: December 2008
Region: Global
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- Female Condom: A Powerful Tool for Protection
More than 100 experts from 15 countries met in Baltimore, Maryland, in September 2005 at the Global Consultation on the Female Condom (GCFC) to discuss the status of the female condom worldwide and to develop a plan of action to build support for the method. This document answers key questions about the female condom and builds on the momentum created at the GCFC by presenting evidence of the female condom's effectiveness and impact, identifying current challenges to wider use, and indicating the steps that need to be taken now to develop strong female condom programs worldwide.
Publication date: 2006
Region: Global
- The Female Condom: Significant Potential for STI and Pregnancy Prevention (Outlook, vol. 22, no. 2)
This issue of Outlook provides new information about the female condom as presented at the September 2005 Global Consultation on the Female Condom. Topics include evidence of the female condom's effectiveness for prevention of STIs and pregnancy, issues related to expanding access and use, and gaps in the knowledge base. Successful program examples and a detailed table of female condoms currently available or under development are also presented.
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- Hormonal Contraception and Breast Cancer: Convincing New Conclusions (Outlook, vol. 15, no. 1)
- Hormonal Contraception and HIV: New Findings, but Policies Remain Unchanged (Outlook, vol. 22, no. 1)
This issue of Outlook describes the latest research findings regarding whether there is a relationship between hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition, transmission, or progression. It also explores the effects of hormonal contraception on women living with HIV/AIDS and discusses how reproductive health programs can respond to emerging information.
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- Improving Access to Quality Care in Family Planning: WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use [Russian]
The World Health Organization (WHO) , in collaboration with medical experts and women's reproductive health advocates from around the world, has developed medical eligibility criteria that give sound guidance on the safety of contraceptive methods for various categories of users. With WHO's permission, PATH translated this document into Russian. These evidence-based criteria are designed to increase access to contraceptive use for appropriate candidates, while maintaining required levels of safety. The document provides recommendations for appropriate medical eligibility criteria based on the latest clinical and epidemiological data and is intended to be used by policy makers, family planning program managers, and the scientific community. PATH accepts full responsibility for the quality of the translation. The English version can be found on the WHO website.
Publication date: 2000
Region: Eastern Europe
- Improving Condom Utilization Among Young People in Ukraine
Ukraine project descriptions
- Improving Interactions with Clients: A Key to High-Quality Services (Outlook, vol. 17, no. 2)
- Injectable Contraceptives in Uniject
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work on Uniject for use with injectable contraceptives.
- Integration of Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Services
This fact sheet provides an overview of sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS service integration and PATH’s experience in this area.
Publication date: December 2008
Region: Global
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- Meeting Family Planning Needs
This fact sheet describes PATH's work to expand access to family planning products and services in low-resource settings.
- Meeting the Need: Strengthening Family Planning Programs
This report is designed as a general resource to help family planning program managers strengthen their programs and meet growing family planning needs. It offers a broad overview of key programmatic considerations, lists of practical specialized resources, and hands-on tools that are available online.
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- New and Underused Reproductive Health Technologies
The Caucus on New and Underused Reproductive Health Technologies is a community of practice established under the auspices of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, for which PATH serves as Secretariat. Caucus members developed this series of peer-reviewed briefs on underused reproductive health technologies. Responsibility for the selection and contents of the briefs rests solely with the Caucus and does not imply endorsement of any single technology by the Coalition or its wider membership. For more information on the Caucus, please visit http://rhsupplies.org/index.php?id=894 or contact secretariat@rhsupplies.org.
Publication date: August 2009
Region: Global
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- PATH Woman’s Condom Features and Specifications
This fact sheet summarizes the performance objectives, key features, and product specifications of the PATH Woman's Condom.
- Pharmacy Provision of Youth-Friendly Services: A Toolbox with Resources for On-the-Job Training of Pharmacy Staff in Cambodia
A resource for on-the-job training of pharmacy staff that reinforces knowledge about STIs, EC, and regular contraceptive methods as well as provision of youth-friendly services.
- Procurement Capacity Toolkit: Tools and Resources for Procurement of Reproductive Health Supplies
As more developing countries take on responsibility for purchasing health commodities, requisite capabilities -- such as decision-making, planning, and technical skills -- often require strengthening. To address this need, PATH developed the comprehensive Procurement Capacity Toolkit for those responsible for and involved in the supply of reproductive health products. A final version of the toolkit will be available in August 2009. The current toolkit is available as one large file or, for faster downloading, 16 smaller files.
Publication date: April 2008
Region: Global
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- Re-examining the Role of Cervical Barrier Devices (Outlook, vol. 20, no. 2)
- Reducing Unmet Need for Family Planning: Evidence-Based Strategies and Approaches (Outlook, vol. 25, no. 1)
The 25th anniversary issue of Outlook, made possible by support from UNFPA, presents innovative, evidence-based strategies and approaches for addressing unmet need for family planning in developing countries. The issue also reviews the link between family planning and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including improving maternal and child health, promoting gender equality, and combating HIV/AIDS. Addressing unmet need can help tackle some of the most intractable health and development challenges facing the world today.
- Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Website
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition is a global partnership of public, private, and nongovernmental organizations dedicated to ensuring that all people in low- and middle-income countries can access and use affordable, high-quality supplies to ensure their better reproductive health.
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- Strengthening Health Systems Through Procurement
This two-page fact sheet details the procurement systems strengthening work that PATH has done over two decades in over 30 countries.
Publication date: June 2008
Region: Global
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- Woman's Condom
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes the Woman's Condom project at PATH.
- Workshop on the WHO Prequalification Programme for Male Latex Condoms
These workshop materials were designed for manufacturers of male latex condoms to introduce and solicit input on the new WHO Prequalification Programme for Male Latex Condoms. The objective is to increase the successful participation of manufacturers, thereby expanding the supplier base and expediting progress toward reproductive health supply security in low- and middle-income countries. If you intend to adapt these materials, it is recommended that experienced facilitators manage each session. For more information, contact info@path.org.
Publication date: April 2008
Region: Global
- Workshop on Using the WHO Prequalification Programme in Procurement Practices
These workshop materials were developed to improve the knowledge and skills of procurement implementers to enable them to effectively use the WHO Prequalification Programme for Essential Reproductive Health Medicines. The materials include educational and skills-building components to convey the benefits of prequalification within the procurement context and to effectively incorporate prequalification into bidding documents and bidder assessments. If you intend to adapt these materials, it is recommended that experienced facilitators manage each session. For more information, contact info@path.org.
Publication date: April 2008
Region: Global