[afro-nets] Sharing Best Practices and Information with the RH/FP Community

["Mary Burket" <MBurket@pathfind.org>]

Sharing Best Practices and Information with the RH/FP Community

This message is the first in a series of e-updates providing colleagues and interested parties the latest information on tools, approaches, and best practices regarding reproductive health and family planning.  It has been compiled by the Extending Service Delivery http://www.esdproj.org project as part of our goal to help expand the use of effective and state-of the-art program approaches in RH/FP.

We hope these updates will be useful to you in your work.  Feel free to download and distribute these documents to interested parties. 

Three Tools/Methodologies for Program Managers

ESD recommends these tools for RH/FP programming at field level to help program managers in different stages of program development and implementation:

Business <http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/Business_Planning_for_Health_ESD_Final_Branding.pdf?docID=461>  Planning for Health (BPH) (http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/Business_Planning_for_Health_ESD_Fina l_Branding.pdf?docID=461) is a blended learning program that equips health and public sector participants with the skills to develop a business plan, and the ability to market their new product or service to interested parties.

The http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/MOST_Tool.pdf?docID=462 Management and Organizational Sustainability Tool (MOST) (http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/MOST_Tool.pdf?docID=462 <http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/MOST_Tool.pdf?docID=462> ) is a structured, participatory process that allows organizations to assess their own management performance, develop a concrete action plan for improvement, and carry out their plan.

Six <http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/The_Six_Domains_of_Gender_Analysis_Analytical_Tool.pdf?docID=464>  Domains of Gender Analysis (http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/The_Six_Domains_of_Gender_Analysis_Analytical_Tool.pdf?docID=464 <http://www.esdproj.org/site/DocServer/The_Six_Domains_of_Gender_Analysis_Analytical_Tool.pdf?docID=464> ) is an analytical tool for gender analysis that helps users identify gender-based constraints, systematically assess gender considerations, and create activities to remove them.

You can find additional information best practices, tools, and approaches at the ESD website http://www.esdproj.org/ (http://www.esdproj.org/site/PageServer <http://www.esdproj.org/site/PageServer> ).  ESD's mandate is to scale up the use of effective and state-of the-art program approaches in RH/FP.  The ESD UPDATE is meant to exchange ideas between development professionals and spread knowledge about effective programs and approaches in RH/FP service delivery.

If you are interested in partnering with ESD or would like additional information, feel free to contact us at esdinfo@edsproj.org <mailto:esdinfo@edsproj.org>  or call (202) 755-1977. 

About  <http://www.esdproj.org/> The Extending Service Delivery (ESD) Project 

The Extending Service Delivery (ESD) Project, funded by USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health, in the Bureau for Global Health, is designed to address unmet need for family planning (FP) and increase the use of reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) services at the community level, especially among underserved populations, and to improve health and socioeconomic development. To accomplish its mission, ESD <http://webmaila.juno.com/webmail/26?count=1138382404&rteSupported=1#_ftn2#_ftn2#_ftn2#_ftn2#_ftn2#_ftn2#_ft> strengthens global learning and application of best practices; increases access to community-level RH/FP services; and improves capacity for supporting and sustaining RH/FP services. ESD works closely with USAID missions to devise tailored strategies that meet the RH/FP service delivery needs of specific countries. A five-year Leader with Associate Cooperative Agreement, ESD is managed by Pathfinder International in partnership with IntraHealth International, Management Sciences for Health, and Meridian Group International, Inc. Additional technical assistance is provided by Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, the Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health, and Save the Children.

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Mary Burket 
mailto:MBurket@pathfind.org