5. RESOURCES
Evidence-based proven practices
HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES
Galvanizing commitments
https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/galvanizing-commitment/
Comprehensive policy processes
https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/policy/
Domestic public financing
https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/domestic-public-financing/
Leading and managing human rights-based approaches to family planning
https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/leaders-and-managers/
Immediate Postpartum Family Planning: A key component of childbirth care.
https://fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/immediate-postpartum-family-planning/
Mobile Outreach Services: Expanding access to a full range of modern contraceptives
https://fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/mobile-outreach-services/
Postabortion Family Planning: A critical component of post-abortion care.
https://fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/postabortion-family-planning/
Social Accountability to improve family planning information and services.
https://fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/social-accountability/
https://fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/digital-health-systems/
Task Sharing Family Planning Services to Increase Health Workforce Efficiency and Expand Access: A Strategic Planning Guide https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/guides/task-sharing-family-planning-services/
OTHER SOURCES
UNFPA. Recent Success Stories in Reproductive Health Commodity Security.
https://www.unfpa.org/publications/success-stories-reproductive-health-commodity-security
UNFPA. Regional evaluation of UNFPA´s contribution to Family Planning and Commodity Security in Latin American and Caribbean. https://lac.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/english_version.pdf
Provision of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care and Family Planning during the COVID-19 pandemic health emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean
https://lac.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/3-Covid-SSRyPF_ENG%20%281%29.pdf
World Health Organization publications on quality family planning information, products and services
WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines
WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, 22nd list, 2021
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-MHP-HPS-EML-2021.02
Family Planning: A global handbook for providers, 2018 edition
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9780999203705
WHO guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being, 2022 revision https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240052192
Community and provider-driven social accountability intervention for family planning and contraceptive service provision: experiences from the field
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240031913
Integration of HIV testing and linkage in family planning and contraception services: implementation brief https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240035188
Digital Adaptation Kit for Family Planning: Operational requirements for implementing WHO recommendations in digital systems https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240029743
Providing Family Planning Services During an Epidemic
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/providing-family-planning-services-during-an-epidemic
Family Planning for Adolescents and Women at High Risk for HIV
Preventing HIV and other STIs among women and girls using contraceptive services in contexts with high HIV incidence. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-UCN-HHS-19.58
Contraception, evidence brief
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-RHR-19.18
WHO, Contraception
https://www.who.int/health-topics/contraception#tab=tab_1
Programming strategies for Postpartum Family Planning https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/93680/9789241506496_eng.pdf
WHO, Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241549158
WHO, New App for WHO’s Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
Family Planning: A global handbook for providers, 2018 edition
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9780999203705
Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health Data Portal
Ensuring human rights within contraceptive service delivery, UNFPA/WHO implementation guide https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/158866/9789241549103_eng.pdf
Health systems strengthening
John Snow, Inc. 2017. The Supply Chain Manager’s Handbook, A Practical Guide to the Management of Health Commodities. Arlington, Va.: John Snow, Inc. https://supplychainhandbook.jsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/JSI_Supply_Chain_Manager%27s_Handbook_Final-1.pdf
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4. 2014. Quantification of Health Commodities: A Guide to Forecasting and Supply Planning for Procurement. Arlington, Va.: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4. https://www.ghsupplychain.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/QuantificationHealthComm.pdf
JSI and SIAPS. 2015. Quantification of Health Commodities: RMNCH Supplement Forecasting Consumption of Select Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Commodities. Submitted to the United States Agency for International Development by the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Programme. Arlington, VA: Management Sciences for Health. Submitted to the United Nations Children’s Fund by JSI, Arlington, VA: JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/Quantification-of-Health-Commodities-6-11-16-3.pdf
UNAIDS, Developing effective condom programmes, 2020
https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/UNFPA_UNAIDS_TechBrief.pdf
WHO, Guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being, 2022
Human rights, social and gender norms and discrimination
Human rights-based approach to family planning support toolkit
Guidance Note for Applying a Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming in UNFPA
Universal human rights index (search engine to find recent SRHR human rights recommendations for countries)
UNFPA (2020). Strengthening the Human Rights-based Approach to Family Planning at UNFPA An Assessment https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/news-pdf/Strengthening_UNFPA_Human_righs-based_approach_to_FP_Assessment.pdf
Gender-Transformative Accelerator (GTA) Tool
Guidance Note on Integrating the Gender and Social Norms Output into Country Programme Documents
Gender-Transformative Accelerator Tool - Workshop Facilitation Guide
How Changing Social Norms is Crucial in Achieving Gender Equality
Manual on Social Norms and Change (2016)
Forthcoming social and gender norms toolkit
Demand generation within a HRBA for Postpartum FP (to come)
Data and evidence to inform policy and programme decisions and measure impact
Guttmacher Institute, Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2020
Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2020
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/theme/family-planning/cp_model.shtml
Methods for Estimating and Projecting Key Family Planning Indicators Among All Women of Reproductive Age https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/technical/TP2018-2.pdf
The Population Data Portal (PDP) is UNFPA’s ultimate data source and tracker for population and development data. It combines the newest population data on topics like sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, family planning, maternal health or gender-based violence gathered from a multiple sources. The Population Data Portal is available at https://pdp.unfpa.org/
FP2030 Data Hub - The FP2020’s Performance Monitoring & Evidence Working Group, a group of global measurement experts, established a set of Core Indicators. The Core Indicators were selected with existing country data systems and monitoring efforts in mind, and were designed to capture information on contraceptive use, method choice, quality, availability and other key aspects of family planning programmes. Available at https://fp2030.org/data-hub
How is CYP calculated? Available at https://www.usaid.gov/global-health/health-areas/family-planning/couple-years-protection-cyp
The Family Planning and Reproductive Health Indicators Database provides a comprehensive listing of the most widely used indicators for evaluating family planning and reproductive health programmes in low- and middle-income country contexts. The database contains definitions, data requirements, data sources, purposes, and issues for core indicators along with links to other websites and documents containing additional family planning and reproductive health indicators. Available at https://www.data4impactproject.org/resources/prh-family-planning-and-reproductive-health-indicators-database/
IBP Network - A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR LOCAL IMPACT - With over 100 member organizations representing international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local civil society organizations, academia and others, the IBP Network convenes partners to share best practices, experiences and tools to support family planning and reproductive health programming. Activities focus on supporting knowledge exchange, documentation and implementation research efforts. Available at https://ibpnetwork.org/page/about-ibp-network
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Publication on World Fertility Trends and World Population Trends. Available at: https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/World_Fertility_and_Family_Planning_2020_Highlights.pdf
The Data Use Acceleration and Learning (DUAL) initiative is a partnership between PATH and Cooper/Smith that is sharing what works, and what does not to achieve digital transformation for data use. Available at https://www.acceleratedatause.org/ and report available at https://www.acceleratedatause.org/report
Humanitarian settings: delivering family planning to populations affected by disasters, conflicts and climate instability
Family Planning in Humanitarian Settings: A Strategic Planning Guide (FP HIP series) https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/guides/family-planning-in-humanitarian-settings/
Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings (Chapter 3 MISP; Chapter 7 Contraception) https://iawgfieldmanual.com/manual
Inter-Agency Emergency Reproductive Health Kits for use in Humanitarian Settings (2019) https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/IARH-Kits-6th-Edition_Manual_English.pdf
https://fp2030.org/sites/default/files/ready_to_save_lives/MISP_readiness_assessment.pdf
UNFPA Humanitarian Supplies Strategy 2021-2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rRdAFRkXsq0W9Yp_FvFPOrLg9fhvKlZ_/view?usp=sharing
The UNFPA Standard Operating Procedures for Humanitarian Settings (TBC - Under revision)
Adolescents and youth: contraceptive needs as part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights
Girls Education, Empowerment, and Transitions to Adulthood: The Case for a Shared Agenda makes a case for why leveraging education to facilitate girls’ transitions to healthy, safe, and productive adulthood is the single most important development investment that can be made
http://www.icrw.org/publications/girls-education-empowerment-and-transitions-adulthood
My Body, My Life, My World - UNFPA Youth Strategy
https://www.unfpa.org/youthstrategy
International Technical and Programmatic Guidance on Out-of-School Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) https://www.unfpa.org/featured-publication/international-technical-and-programmatic-guidance-out-school-comprehensive
International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education
https://iite.unesco.org/publications/international-technical-guidance-on-sexuality-education/
Educating girls is a High Impact Practice (HIP) for family planning: https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/briefs/educating-girls/
Useful websites
UNFPA, Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU)
https://www.unfpa.org/supplychain
Johns Hopkins, Family Planning and Reproductive Health
https://ccp.jhu.edu/what-we-do/focus-areas/family-planning-reproductive-health/
USAID, Family Planning and Reproductive Health
https://www.usaid.gov/global-health/health-areas/family-planning
IPPF, https://www.ippf.org/
FIGO, https://www.figo.org/themes/family-planning
Pathfinder, https://www.pathfinder.org/focus-areas/contraception-family-planning/
SEPREMI, https://sepremi.org/
UN South-South Galaxy, https://my.southsouth-galaxy.org/en/solutions/?search=family%20planning&page=1