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This document from USAID’s POLICY project serves as a supplement to Networking for Policy Change: An Advocacy Training Manual, a resource for trainers of family planning and reproductive health advocacy issues worldwide. The training manual includes information on networking, communications, and policy environments; exercises on conceptualising, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating advocacy campaigns; and relevant materials for advocates working in any area of reproductive health. It is envisaged that trainers can use the training techniques employed in the manual in various contexts, including when maternal health is the focus of advocacy.

Following a general overview of maternal health issues, the supplement is divided into three main sections: (1) the power of numbers – networking for impact; (2) actors, issues, and opportunities – assessing the policy environment; and (3) the advocacy strategy – mobilising for action. Each unit within these sections includes supplemental background notes, handouts, and suggestions to the trainer to tailor each activity to the subject of maternal health. Many of the manual’s activities apply equally to maternal health as to other topic areas, while other activities are enhanced by a specific focus on maternal health. [adapted from author]

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