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Private Midwife Provision of IUDs: Lessons from the Philippines (Report)

Although significant attention has been given in recent years to the use of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods of family planning (FP), less attention has been paid to where clients go to obtain these methods. This case study highlights some of the enabling factors that help facilitate viable commercial provision of LARCs, not only in the Philippines, but potentially in the developing world more generally. The case study employed semi-structured qualitative interviews of 17 midwives from the Population Services Pilipinas Incorporated/BlueStar network (BlueStar) and the Well Family Midwife Clinic network (Well Family), and network NGO staff. In tandem, the design analyzed service provision statistics from these networks, focusing on the provision of IUDs as the only LARC that midwives are able to provide in the Philippines.

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