Programme approaches and aid delivery mechanisms
In recent years, increasing importance has been placed on responding to the sexual health needs of young people. At the same time, programmatic emphasis has shifted from focusing on the provision of family planning towards addressing a range of sexual health needs. These include the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections, and voluntary counselling and testing for HIV infection. The use of 'counselling' has expanded beyond assisting clients in their choice of family planning methods to cover a wide range of issues, including sexual violence, sexual problems and infertility.
- Study of the integration of family planning and VCT/PMTCT/ART programs in Uganda
- This paper examines the integration of family planning (FP) services with HIV and AIDS services (voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) and anti-retroviral therapy (ART)) in Uganda. The paper finds that: FP service integration is more evident in VCT and PMTCT settings
Recommended reading
- Strengthening linkages for sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS: progress, barriers and opportunities for scaling up
- ( N. Druce; C. Dickinson; K. Attawell / Department for International Development Health Resource Centre (HRC) , 2006)
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- This review, produced by the DFID Health Resource Centre, explores the policy, financing and institutional factors that enable or constrain the integration of sexual and reproductive health and rights...
- Adolescent friendly health services: an agenda for change
- ( P. Mcintyre / World Health Organization , 2002)
- Recommended reading
- Adolescents are a key element of society, now and for the future. They are, however, exposed to many more risks than previous generations and receive less support as traditional structures of protecti...
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Evaluating demand-side impacts of a youth-friendly initiative in India
- ( K. Kohler Banke / US Agency for International Development , 2007)
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This study is an evaluation of the family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Indian married youth as well as the demand-side effects of a youth-friendly family planning (FP) initiative...
- Delivering the continuum of care for mothers, babies and children
- ( K.J. Kerber;J.E. De Graft-Johnson;Z.A. Bhutta / The Lancet , 2007)
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This article from The Lancet revisits the idea of a ‘continuum of care’ for mothers, children and newborns. The term, often used as a slogan, usually refers to continuity of individual ...
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