Expanding Access and Method Choice: Evidence of Client Self-administration of Injectables and Private Sector Provision of Family

Please join the Evidence Project and a panel of regional experts for a webinar on 3 December as they present key study findings on client self-administration of injectables and task sharing family planning (FP) services with drug shop owners and private pharmacies from Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal. Panelist will discuss how these results have been used to increase access to voluntary FP and expand method choice. Presenters will include Evidence Project researchers and representatives from Ghana and Senegal.

Governments across West Africa have expressed their commitment to increasing access to voluntary FP through global and regional initiatives such as FP2030 and the Ouagadougou Partnership, and through targeted national strategies. Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal, among other countries, have been exploring new strategies to expand access to voluntary FP service delivery. Context-specific evidence was needed for two promising strategies–1) task sharing of FP services to private drug shops and pharmacies and 2) introducing self-injection of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC).

The Evidence Project collaborated with stakeholders in Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal to use implementation science to expand the evidence base on these promising approaches.

Panelists
Dr Marème Ndiaye Mady Dia Ndiaye
Chief, Family Planning Division, Department of Maternal and Child Health (DSME), Ministry of Health and Social Action, Senegal

Claudette Ahliba Diogo
Head of Logistics and Supply, Family Health Division, Ghana Health Service

The Evidence Project used implementation science to improve family planning policies, programs, and practices. The Population Council led the project from 2013 to 2021. The Evidence Project investigated which strategies work best in improving, expanding, and sustaining family planning services. It evaluated how to implement and scale-up those strategies. Critical to the Evidence Project was translating this knowledge and working with stakeholders to apply the evidence and to build capacity in using implementation science to improve policies, programs, and practices.

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