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Midterm Assessment of Intermediate Result 3 of Strategic Objective 3: "Increased Private Sector Provision of Contraceptives and Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Services"

The subject of this assessment is USAID/Philippines's Strategic Objective 3 (SO 3), Reduced Population Growth Rate and Improved Maternal and Child Health (MCH), and specifically its Intermediate Result (IR) 3, increased private sector provision of family planning (FP) and MCH services. The primary mechanism for achieving the SO and IRs is the USAID-funded, six-year, $153 million ($65 million bilateral, $62 million Global Bureau, and $26 million Government of the Philippines [GOP]) Integrated Family Planning Maternal Health Program (IFPMHP) begun in April 1994 and ending in February 2001. IR 3 provides assistance for (1) strengthening nongovernmental organizations' (NGO) capability for FP/MCH service delivery, (2) expanding industry-based FP/MCH programs, (3) developing private sector channels for services and commodities through social marketing, and (4) achieving policy reforms that will shift public sector users who can afford to pay to the private sector and increase the overall participation of the commercial private sector in the FP program.