Resources by JHU-CCP

= Recommended

Resource	Description	Requests	Contributor
Expanding Services for Injectables 2007	> This report discusses the current trends in injectable use among women in developing countries. It is available for family planning program managers working to meet the increasing demand for injectables, and addresses women who would like to use such services, but either lack access or are concerned about potential side effects and/or safety implications.	305	JHU-CCP
Injectable Contraceptives: Tools for Providers 2007	More than twice as many women are using injectable contraceptives today as a decade ago, and the numbers keep growing. Women choose injectables because they are highly-effective, long-acting, reversible, and private. At the same time, many women do not choose injectables or stop using them because of side effects—particularly irregular bleeding, no monthly bleeding, and weight gain—or because they have trouble returning for injections. This report provides tools that providers can use to inform women about injectables and help them be satisfied users.	281	JHU-CCP
Private Providers: A Vast Untapped Resource to Improve Women's Health 2005	A well-known definition is derived from social franchising and includes a group of providers who offer a set of services, with quality standards and set low price, and who have been trained in clinical and business skills.	336	JHU-CCP
Priorities for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration 2005	A recent USAID-funded study demonstrated that adding voluntary family planning to services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV can prevent an additional 55,000 child deaths and avert more than 150,000 unintended pregnancies in high HIV prevalence countries.	346	JHU-CCP
Family Planning Success Stories in Sub-Saharan Africa 2005	Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Ghana demonstrate that rapid uptake and sustained use of modern family planning methods can occur in even the most poor, resource-strapped, and largely rural countries.	317	JHU-CCP
Case Study: Improving Private Practitioners’ Case Management of Childhood Illness 2005	In Uganda, private practitioners provide the majority of outside home care for childhood illnesses, such as diarrhea, acute respiratory illness, and malaria.	479	JHU-CCP
An Overview of Accreditation and Certification for Improving Health Service Quality 2005	Accreditation is the assessment of a health care organization’s compliance with pre-established performance standards. It is usually a voluntary process linked to incentive systems and part of a more comprehensive quality improvement and assurance effort.	1553	JHU-CCP
SPARHCS: Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security. A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Implementation 2004	SPARHCS - The Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security is a tool to help countries develop and implement strategies to secure essential supplies for family planning and reproductive health programs.	1676	JHU-CCP
The Essentials of Contraceptive Technology: A Handbook for Clinic Staff 2003	This handbook is for family planning and reproductive health care providers, public and private alike. It contains state-of-the-art, practical information about family planning methods, how to provide them, and how to help clients use them.	1608	JHU-CCP
Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons: Overview 2003	Many countries face the challenge of meeting people’s needs for contraceptives and condoms on a sustainable basis. Demand is rising, but financing is not keeping pace.	549	JHU-CCP
Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons 5: Using Data for Decision Making 2003	Lesson 5 - Foster information-based decision-making as a motivator for action at program, country, and global levels. The timely collection, analysis, and use of reliable data are crucial for planning, monitoring, and evaluating progress towards contraceptive security.	330	JHU-CCP
Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons 4: Advocating for Sustained Commitment 2003	Key Concept - Keep the Pressure On Early gains for contraceptive security can be easily lost. In the face of competing health priorities, scarce resources, and shifting political winds, pressure can be kept on governments, donors, and others to not only remain committed to contraceptive security, but also to act in tangible, purposeful ways.	416	JHU-CCP
Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons 3: Taking a Whole Market Approach 2003	A coordinated approach that responds to the multiplicity of family planning needs in a country will ensure that the entire market of clients – from those who require free supplies to those who can and will pay for commercial products – is covered.	501	JHU-CCP
Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons 2: Doing a Joint Assessment 2003	Lesson 2: Assess challenges and opportunities for contraceptive security by making a joint diagnosis of the problems and strengths that exist in the system.	471	JHU-CCP
Contraceptive Security Ready Lessons 1: Raising Awareness and Commitment 2003	Lack of financing for supplies is often blamed for contraceptive shortages. However, the challenges to achieving contraceptive security come from many fronts.	554	JHU-CCP
Performance Improvement 2002	This series of the CCP Population Report describes in detail the process of Performance Improvement (PI), including some specific examples of how the method has been used successfully.	1659	JHU-CCP
Community Participation is Key to Supporting Quality in Gold Circle Clinics 2001	This "Communication Impact!" newsletter from CCP highlights the importance of community participation for the success of quality in Gold Circle clinics in four countries in Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte D'Ivoire and Togo.	1536	JHU-CCP
Egypt's Gold Star Quality Program Wins Clients and Communities 1998	"Communication Impact!" Newsletter by CCP on Egypt's Gold Star Quality Program	1480	JHU-CCP
Family Planning Programs: Improving Quality, Population Reports 1998	This chapter from a CCP Population Report discusses the importance of quality in family planning programs.	1512	JHU-CCP
Maximize Access to Good-Quality Service 1996	This section of a chapter in this CCP Population Report describes how maximizing access to good quality services can cover the unmet needs for family planning worldwide.	1597	JHU-CCP