[afro-nets] Announcing a New Training Course for Providers on Postpartum Family Planning

["Angela Nash-Mercado" <anash-mercado@jhpiego.net>]

New Training Course for Providers on Postpartum Family Planning....

ACCESS-FP is pleased to announce the publication of a global package on "Comprehensive Postpartum Family Planning Care." Globally, between 90 and 95% of postpartum women would like to prevent having another baby in the next two years.  This is a new training package that addresses the need for family planning during the extended postpartum period.  

The package is a three-day training designed to be complimentary to other MNH packages.  The package contains counseling checklists, role plays, and case studies for interactive training sessions. These sessions give providers the necessary information to provide clients with the understanding of the lactational amenorrhea method, transition to other methods, return to fertility, and the health benefits of waiting at least two years after the birth of their last baby before trying to conceive again. 

Topics covered in the package include:

*	Overview of postpartum/postnatal care 
*	Unmet need for postpartum family planning 
*	Family planning counseling for postpartum women 
*	Return to fertility 
*	PMTCT 
*	Medical Eligibility Criteria updates 
*	Lactational Amenorrhea Method   
*	Methods compatible with breastfeeding 
*	Hormonal methods 
*	Non-hormonal methods 
*	Emergency contraception 
*	Managing side effects 
*	Infection prevention 
*	USAID policies on family planning 
*	Job aids 
*	Client materials

The global package is available in electronic format on the website:
http://www.accesstohealth.org/toolres/pubs2.htm#ppfp

We also have a limited number of CDs of the package available. Please
send a request to:  info@accesstohealth.org

This publication was made possible through support provided by the Service Delivery Improvement Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, under the terms of Associate Cooperative Agreement #GPO-A-00-05-00025-00, and Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement #GHS-A-00-04-00002-00. The opinions herein are those of the editors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development. 

Jhpiego-Innovating to Save Lives 
Angela Nash-Mercado 
Program Officer, ACCESS-FP 
Jhpiego-an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University 
1615 Thames Street 
Baltimore, Maryland 21231 
Phone: 410.537.1894 
Fax: 410.537.1478 
http://www.jhpiego.org 
mailto:anash-mercado@jhpiego.net