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Understanding Modern Contraceptive Sources Among Adolescents: A Global Analysis

The unique contraceptive needs of adolescents are increasingly recognized among the global family planning community.  Recent reports on adolescent contraception emphasize the need for high-quality data to inform efforts to increase adolescent contraceptive use, access, and choice. SHOPS Plus…

Evidence-based social marketing in Afghanistan and Nepal: Using data to improve efficiency and effectiveness

SHOPS Plus Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Director for Nepal Sujan Karki, gave this presentation on November 13 at the 2018 International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda. 

Background:

Demand is high among donors and implementers for “use of data for…

Using data to design an evidence-based social and behavior change program in rural Nepal

SHOPS Plus collected data from hundreds of women in rural Nepal to pinpoint barriers to healthy behavior adoption. In collaboration with the Nepal CRS Company, SHOPS Plus then used the findings as the foundation for social and behavior change programs focused on contraceptive access and choice,…

Nepal Child Health Diarrhea Treatment: Qualitative research to inform ORS and zinc promotion

In Nepal, SHOPS Plus is supporting the Nepal CRS Company (CRS), a Nepalese social marketing organization and key USAID partner, to strengthen its child health program and launch an oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc co-pack. SHOPS Plus and CRS will launch the product in two distinct areas…

Informing Reproductive and Child Health Social and Behavior Change Programs: Findings from a household survey in Nepal

In Nepal, SHOPS Plus focuses on building the technical capacity and financial sustainability of the CRS Company, a Nepalese social marketing organization and key USAID partner. CRS leads the Ghar Ghar Maa Swasthya (GGMS), or Healthy Homes project, in 49 urban and rural districts of Nepal (nearly…

Use of the opportunity, ability, and motivation behavior change framework to generate family planning demand in rural settings: Findings from Nepal

In rural Nepal, the modern contraceptive prevalence rate is 41%, and the unmet need for family planning is 25% (DHS, 2016). SHOPS Plus supports the Nepal CRS Company (CRS), a social marketing organization, to increase modern contraception access and use in rural, underserved communities. To…

Sources for Sick Child Care in Nepal (Presentation)

The private sector is the primary source of care in Nepal; however, care-seeking patterns vary by socioeconomic status. Understanding if and where sick children are taken for care is critical to improve case management interventions. This slide deck presents secondary analysis of the 2016 Nepal…

Care Seeking for Child Illnesses A New Look (Asia Webinar)

On Tuesday, July 31, USAID and its flagship private sector health project, SHOPS Plus, hosted the last of its regional webinars that examined trends in the Asia region and highlighted country examples with local speakers from Nepal, Burma, and India. 

Presenters:

• Shilu…

  Resource Type : Webinar

  Country : India, Nepal

  Health Area: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health

  Project: SHOPS Plus

  Year : 2018

  Language : English

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Sources for Sick Child Care in Nepal

The private sector is the primary source of care in Nepal; however, care-seeking patterns vary by socioeconomic status. Understanding if and where sick children are taken for care is critical to improve case management interventions. This brief presents a secondary analysis of the 2016 Nepal…

Global Role of the Private Sector in the Provision of Modern Contraception

This presentation examines the role of the private sector in the provision of modern contraceptives in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. It was presented by Jorge I. Ugaz at the SHOPS end-of-project event on June 16, 2015.