Family Planning & Reproductive Health
Family planning (FP) is one of the most cost-effective and beneficial investments in global health. Addressing unmet need, by providing FP to women who do not wish to become pregnant, dramatically reduces the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions. This, in turn, decreases maternal and child deaths, reduces the spread of HIV, increases women’s empowerment, and curbs climate change—all of which improve the overall health and well-being of women, children, and families.
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MEASURE Evaluation advanced the goals of global initiatives such as Family Planning 2020, the Ouagadougou Partnership, and the Sustainable Development Goals by supporting voluntary FP and reproductive health (RH) programs. The project worked to ensure optimal demand, analysis, and use of data to measure program performance and to inform FP/RH interventions and policies in developing countries. This work involved developing new FP/RH tools.
MEASURE Evaluation’s FP/RH work included:
- Developing monitoring and evaluation resources for priority areas in FP, such as gender, FP/HIV integration, costing of FP programs, total market approach, and youth
- Researching issues related to measurement that improve our understanding of important concepts and practices, including measures of men as FP clients, “reproductive empowerment,” and adolescents’ use of FP services
- Maintaining the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Indicators Database to provide a compendium of the most widely used indicators for monitoring and evaluating FP/RH programs
- Supporting small grants for research and data use to build the evidence base in FP/RH, strengthen local research capacity, and maximize opportunities to use research findings for decision making
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Family Planning & Reproductive Health Tools
Reproductive Empowerment Scale
Reproductive Empowerment Scale: Psychometric Validation in Nigeria
Validating Measures of Reproductive Empowerment in Kenya
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Indicators Database
Reproductive Health Cost Reporting System: A User Guide
Sustaining the Impact: Population and Reproductive Health
Postpartum Family Planning in Bangladesh: A Situation Analysis and Way Forward
Discontinuation of Contraceptive Intrauterine Devices and Implants in Bangladesh
Counseling on injectable contraception and HIV risk: Evaluation of a pilot intervention in Tanzania
Family Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Achievements of 50 Years
Strengthening Family Planning Programs with Data: Creating a Culture of Data Demand and Use
The Future of Long-Acting and Permanent Methods of Contraception in Bangladesh: A Policy Brief
Quick Investigation of Quality: A User's Guide for Monitoring Quality of Care in Family Planning
Review of Family Planning Quality of Care Measurement Tools and Applications
Total Market Approach to Family Planning
Monitoring the Integration of Family Planning and HIV Services: Indicators Both to Measure Progress toward the 90-90-90 Targets and Ensure the Reproductive Rights of All Women
Monitoring the Integration of Family Planning and HIV Services: A Manual to Support the Use of Indicators to Measure Progress toward PEPFAR’s 90-90-90 Targets and Protect Women’s Reproductive Rights
Assessment of the 2017 National Campaign for the Promotion of Family Planning in Mali (French)
Assessment of Mali’s 2016 National Campaign for the Promotion of Family Planning
Evaluation de la Campagne nationale de 2016 pour la promotion de la planification familiale au Mali
