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Evaluation and Research Study Reports

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• E&R Study #1
  Improving the Use of Long-Term and Permanent Methods of Contraception in Guinea: A Performance Needs Assessment May 2005 
  English version (PDF, 865KB)
  French version (PDF, 717KB)

• E&R Study #2
  Bolivia Baseline Survey, 2005: Technical Report March 2006
  English version (PDF, 726KB)
  Spanish version (PDF, 714KB)

• E&R Study #3
  Bangladesh Baseline Survey, 2004: Technical Report (PDF, 603KB)
  April 2006 

• E&R Study #4
  Tanzania Baseline Survey, 2004-2005: Technical Report
  (PDF, 518KB) May 2006

• E&R Study #5
  Factors Affecting Vasectomy Acceptability in the Kigoma Region of Tanzania (PDF, 297KB) June 2006

• E&R Study #6
  Reproductive Health and Services in Azerbaijan, 2005: Results of a Baseline Survey in Five Districts (PDF, 509KB) July 2006

• E&R Study #7
  Community Awareness of and Attitudes Towards Long-acting and Permament Contraception in Guinea September 2006
  English version (PDF, 256KB)
  French version (PDF, 274KB)
   
• E&R Study #8
  IUD Use and Discontinuation in Bangladesh (PDF, 706) November 2007
   
  
• E&R Study #9
  Increasing Awareness and Use of Long-Acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods in Guinea: Case Study of a Pilot IUD Intervention (PDF, 1.6MB) May 2008
  
  
• E&R Study #10
  Revitalizing Long-Acting and Permanent Methods of Family Planning in Uganda: ACQUIRE-s District Approach (PDF, 417KB) August 2008
  
  
• E&R Study #11
  Engaging Communities as Partners in Postabortion Care: A Desk Review of the Community Postabortion Care Project in Nakuru, Kenya (PDF, 379KB) August 2008
  
  
• E&R Study #12
  Mobilizing Married Youth in Nepal to Improve Reproductive Health: The Reproductive Health for Married Adolescent Couples Project, Nepal, 2005-2007 (PDF, 848KB) August 2008
  
  
• E&R Study # 13
  Evaluation of a Family Planning and Antiretroviral Therapy Integration Pilot in Mbale, Uganda (PDF, 334KB) September 2008

Program Reports

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• Going the Extra Mile to Provide and Sustain Family Planning Services in Remote Madagascar (PDF, 519KB)
  CARE, February 2008

• Community Postabortion Care Project (COMMPAC) in Nakuru District, Kenya: Summary Report, Phase I: July 2005-September 2006
  (PDF, 530KB) December 2007

• ACQUIRE Project Final Report: Obstetric Fistula in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, January 2006-March 2007 (PDF, 2MB) June 2007

• 'Get A Permanent Smile' - Increasing Awareness of, Access to, and Utilization of Vasectomy Services in Ghana (PDF, 1,6MB)
  December 2005

• Repositioning Family Planning Case Study Reports 

               September 2005

• Ghana Case Study (PDF, 820KB)
• Malawi Case Study (PDF, 768KB)
• Zambia Case Study (PDF, 1,154KB)
• Synthesis Report (PDF, 515KB) (Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia)
  

               December 2006  

• Senegal Case Study
  English version (PDF, 260KB)
  French version (PDF, 336KB)
• Tanzania Case Study (PDF, 657KB)

• Traumatic Gynecologic Fistula as a Consequence of Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings: A Literature Review September 2005

• English (PDF, 197KB)
• French (PDF, 226KB)

• Integrating Best Practices for Performance Improvement, Quality Improvement, and Participatory Learning and Action to Improve Health Services (PDF, 475KB) June 2005

• Performance Needs Assessment on Revitalization of the IUD: Bamako, Mali (PDF, 404KB) April 2005

Curricula 

• Facilitative Supervision for Quality Improvement. 2008.
  
  

• No-Scalpel Vasectomy Curriculum: A Training Course for Vasectomy Providers and Assistants, 2^nd Edition. 2007.
  Trainer's Manual (PDF, 1.2MB)
  Participant Handbook (PDF, 1.1MB)   

Project Briefs

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• Revitalizing Underutilized Family Planning Methods: Assessing the Impact of an Integrated Supply-Demand Vasectomy Initiative in Ghana (PDF, 174KB) 

• Challenging Traditions and Changing Minds—Working with Young Married Couples in Nepal (PDF, 159KB) 

• Revitalizing Underutilized Family Planning Methods: Using Communications and Community Engagement to Stimulate Demand for the IUD in Uganda
  (PDF, 2.66MB) August 2008

• Revitalizing Underutilized Family Planning Methods: Using Communications and Community Engagement to Stimulate Demand for Vasectomy in Honduras
  (PDF, 428KB) August 2008

• Revitalizing Underutilized Family Planning Methods: Using Communications and Community Engagement to Stimulate Demand for Vasectomy in Bangladesh
  (PDF, 196KB) August 2008

• Revitalizing Underutilized Family Planning Methods: Using Communications and Community Engagement to Stimulate Demand for the IUD in Guinea
  (PDF, 423KB) August 2008

• Revitalizing Underutilized Family Planning Methods: Using Communications and Community Engagement to Stimulate Demand for the IUD in Kenya
  (PDF, 259KB) August 2008

• Revitalizing Underutilized Family Planning Methods: Using Communications and Community Engagement to Stimulate Demand for the IUD in Ethiopia
  (PDF, 368KB) August 2008

• ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE: Integrating Family Planning with Antiretroviral Therapy Services in Uganda (PDF, 102KB) July 2007

• ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE: The AMKENI Model - Learning Global Lessons from Improving Family Planning, Reproductive Health, and Child Survival in Kenya (PDF, 230KB) December 2006

• ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE: A Focus on the Fundamentals of Care
  (PDF, 161KB) April 2006

• ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE: Revitalizing the IUD in Kenya
  (PDF, 140KB) October 2006

• ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE: 'Get a Permanent Smile'-Increasing Awareness of, Access to, and Utilization of Vasectomy Services in Ghana (PDF, 312KB) October 2006

Technical Updates

• Hormonal Implants: New, Improved, and Popular When Available
  (PDF, 625KB)
  by Roy Jacobstein and John M. Pile, January 2008 

• CLINICAL UPDATE: Pain Management for Female Sterilization by Minilaparotomy  August 2007
  English version (PDF, 75KB)
  French version (PDF, 74KB)
  Spanish version (PDF, 77KB)

• TECHNICAL UPDATE: Community Mobilization
  (PDF, 47KB) April 2006

• TECHNICAL UPDATE: Traumatic Gynecologic Fistula (PDF, 42KB) April 2006

Working Papers

• The Active Community Engagement Continuum
  (PDF, 1.1MB)
  by Nancy Russell, Susan Igras, Nalin Johri, Henrietta Kuah, Melinda Pavin, and Jane Wickstrom, July 2008  

• Vasectomy: The Unfinished Agenda
  (PDF, 730KB) 
  by Roy Jacobstein and John M. Pile, August 2007  

Meeting Reports

• Traumatic Gynecologic Fistula: A Consequence of Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings (PDF, 327KB)
  June 2006
  A Report of a Meeting Held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 6-8, 2005
  Also available in French (PDF, 361KB)

• Consultation on Improving Contraceptive Continuation: Meeting Proceedings (PDF, 290KB)
  Washington, D.C., November 29-30, 2005
  An interagency worskhop organized by Family Health International and the ACQUIRE Project

• Report of Fistula Counseling Experts' Meeting (PDF, 727KB)
  Kampala, Uganda, March 29-30, 2005

• Expert Consultation on Vasectomy: Meeting Report  (PDF, 604KB)
  December 2003

Program Tools

• Ten Guiding Principles for LAPM Service Programs
  (PDF, 668KB) December 2007
  
  

• Family Planning-Integrated HIV Services: A Framework for Integrating Family Planning and Antiretroviral Therapy Services
  (PDF, 679KB) June 2007
  
  

• Fundamentals of Care Resource Package (PDF, 197KB)
  April 2006

Advocacy Tools

• Reality √: Family Planning Forecasting Tool - User's Guide
  (PDF, 1.4MB) 2007
  Note: The Reality √ Package, including the Reality √ Tool and User's Guide, is available via CD-ROM and includes everything a user needs to run Reality √.
  Please contact info-acquire@acquireproject.org to request a copy.
  
  
• A Q&A developed by ACQUIRE
  Long-Acting and Permanent Methods of Contraception: Without Them, a Country's Development Will Be Low and Slow (PDF, 79KB)
  November 2006