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Addressing Gender in the SHOPS Plus Nigeria Family Planning (FP) Training Program: Experiences from Implementation
Gender can affect how people (especially women and girls) access family planning services in Nigeria; however, providers are often unaware of their own gender biases and lack the skills to address this barrier. The SHOPS Plus program in Nigeria addressed gender as part of family planning…
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Nigeria
Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Gender, Provider Quality
Sources of Family Planning: Ethiopia
Understanding where women obtain their family planning methods can help programs to better target their resources and increase overall access to modern contraception. This brief is one in a series of country briefs that examines where women obtain modern contraception by method, geography, age,…
Resource Type : Brief
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Total Market Approach
E-vouchers for Family Planning: Advantages, Challenges, and Trends
Vouchers are a health financing tool in the form of tokens, which are distributed to target populations who exchange them for free or discounted health services at participating clinics. In the context of family planning programs, vouchers are a High Impact Practice Enhancement to expand access…
Resource Type : Brief
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Digital Health, Health Financing
Webinar: Two tools for a total market approach in family planning (recording)
To best target resources to improve contraceptive access, equity, and choice, family planning program implementers need to understand where women obtain their contraceptives now and in the future. SHOPS Plus created two interactive data visualization tools to address this need: …
Resource Type : Webinar
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement, Total Market Approach
Demographic and Epidemiological Patterns and Trends in the MENA Region: June 2019 Meeting Report
On June 18, 2019, USAID, implementing partners, researchers, and other stakeholders convened in Crystal City to gain a deeper understanding of demographic and epidemiological patterns and trends in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Speakers from USAID emphasized that these trends…
Resource Type : Report
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
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Examining socioeconomic position in the Family Planning Market Analyzer
The Family Planning Market Analyzer combines data from Demographic and Health Surveys and Family Planning 2020’s projections of modern contraceptive prevalence to allow users to explore potential scenarios as part of a total market approach, including…
Resource Type : Brief
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Total Market Approach
Understanding Family Planning Counseling in the Private Sector through a Behavioral Economics Lens
SHOPS Plus conducted a qualitative study to identify barriers and facilitating factors that influence the provision of family planning counseling by private sector providers in two different country contexts. This brief presents the results of the study using a behavioral economics lens to…
Resource Type : Brief
Country : India
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) Survey: Key Findings
SHOPS Plus collected data from married couples, caregivers of children under five, and adults in urban India to understand knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to family planning, diarrhea management, and stigma related to tuberculosis. The project is using the findings to inform behavior…
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Country : India
Health Area: Family Planning, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Tuberculosis
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Social and Behavior Change
Opportunities to Improve FP Programming in Afghanistan
Despite the desire of most Afghans to have a large family, a substantial unmet need for spacing births demonstrates the potential for increased voluntary uptake of modern contraceptives in Afghanistan. Focusing on those who intend to use contraception in the future could nearly double the…
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Afghanistan
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Total Market Approach
Motivation and barriers to health product use in Afghanistan
A SHOPS Plus household survey identified factors that encourage and impede family planning uptake, diarrhea prevention and treatment practices, and safe water treatment in Afghanistan. For example, nearly 80 percent of women reported that their husbands determine their family planning use, and…
Resource Type : Presentation
Country : Afghanistan
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS Plus
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Language : English
Technical Area: Pharmaceutical Partnerships and Social Marketing
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What is the Market Development Approach?
- What is the Market Development Approach (MDA) Process for Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health? Brief #1 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What is the Market System Framework and Its Role in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets? Brief #2 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What are Key Terms Used in a Market Development Approach for Health? Brief #3 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- The Meaning and Importance of Stewardship in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets. Brief #4 of 4 in a series on the MDA
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