Publications
Current Publications | USAID-Funded Publications | Additional Publications
Current Publications
- USAID's Public Health Procurement Guide and Product Catalog 2011 [PDF, 3MB]
This annual publication consists of current contraceptive and condom ordering procedures for Missions and a catalog of condoms and contraceptives provided by USAID. It includes USAID contraceptive ordering procedures and guidance on how to use logistics data and forecasts to calculate contraceptive requirements.
- Fiscal Year 2009 Overview of Contraceptives and Condom Shipments - December 2011 [PDF, 1.4MB]
This annual publication provides details on both the quantities and the values of USAID contraceptive and condom distribution activities in FY 2009. It presents these data by USAID region and country, affiliations of recipient organizations, and trends.
- Family Planning Fast Facts - October 2011 [PDF, 504KB]
Learn the basics about USAID's work with Family Planning.
- High Impact Interventions in Family Planning – November 2011 [PDF, 169KB]
This document reflects results of a technical consultation held to identify high impact practices in family planning.
- Report to Congress – Striving for a Healthy Future: Global Health and Child Survival Progress Report FY 2009 [PDF, 5MB]
This report describes USAID's strategic approaches, interventions, and achievements in health that were reported during 2009.
- Report to Congress: Health-Related Research and Development Activities at USAID - October 2010 [PDF 1.4MB]
With this report, USAID provides its final update on the Agency’s 2006–2010 health research strategy for using research funds to stimulate the development and introduction of key products. Significant progress has been made in many areas, influencing policies and programming on the ground in real time.
- USAID Global Health: Improving Global Health Improves the World
For 50 years, USAID has worked to improve health globally and supported interventions in poor countries around the world to help prevent illness, provide treatment, improve family planning, and strengthen health systems. Read more on how USAID is helping people live longer, healthier, more productive lives.
- Postpartum Care Survey Results from Sub-Saharan Africa - December 2008 [PDF, 331KB]
This report assembles survey results conducted between March and June of 2008 to identify, document, and share information on the status of postpartum care services implemented through USAID and our partners. The survey results indicate a number of opportunities to integrate postpartum family planning with many programs.
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Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services – November 2007 [PDF, 743KB]
Funded by USAID and published by the Health Information and Publications Network (HIPNET), the guide presents 29 indicators that are grouped into four categories measuring reach, usefulness, use, and collaboration/capacity building. It brings together monitoring and evaluating information products and services from dozens of health organizations that are members of the HIPNET community of practice.
- Request a print copy from orders@jhuccp.org and make sure to include your mailing address
- Options for Contraceptive Procurement: Lessons Learned From Latin America and the Caribbean – October 2006 [PDF, 1.3MB]
This study assesses the impact of different procurement regulations on the price of contraceptives in the Latin America and Caribbean region to identify viable strategies for countries to adopt in ensuring sustainable access to lower priced, quality contraceptives in sufficient quantities.
- Decentralizing and Integrating Contraceptive Logistics Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean – October 2006 [PDF, 513KB]
This paper synthesizes key considerations that policymakers, family planning managers, and logistics advisers can take into account when implementing decentralization and/or integration reforms of certain or all logistics systems functions, which will help sustain an efficient and continuous supply of contraceptives.
- Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through USAID's Health Programs: A Guide for Health Sector Program Officers – July 2006 [PDF, 1MB]
The Guide provides USAID Program Officers with specific recommendations to integrate GBV initiatives into their health sector portfolios. These guidelines are meant to complement a USAID-commissioned in-depth literature review that summarizes promising interventions from the field.
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- Diagnóstico de la Disponiblidad Asegurada de Insumos Anticonceptivos en Guatemala – April 2006 [PDF, 3.8MB]
This publication, available only in Spanish, utilizes literature, policies, data on family planning use, and interviews with public and private sector officials to examine contraceptive security in Guatemala. It is part of a broader initiative to document the successes and challenges of Latin American and Caribbean countries working to ensure reliable sources of supply and delivery of contraceptives as donor support is phased out.
- CD-ROMs Available on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
- Changing a Harmful Social Convention: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting [PDF, 703KB]
The United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) Innocenti Digest examines the prevalence of FGM/C and its social dynamics. Hard copies can be ordered free in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish from the UNICEF Web site.
- Strategy for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FY 2004–FY 2006) [PDF, 434KB]
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is the name given to traditional practices that involve the partial or total cutting away of the female external genitalia and/or other injury to the female genitals, whether for cultural or nontherapeutic reasons. Under no circumstances does USAID support the practice of FGM/C by medical personnel.
- Family Planning/HIV Integration:
Technical Guidance for USAID-Supported Field Programs 2003 [PDF, 253KB]
This document includes technical insights regarding family planning/HIV integration and should be used in conjunction with USAID's Guidance on the Definition and Use of the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund [PDF, 1.2MB] for information regarding appropriate use of USAID funds.
- Get the Facts! People and the Environment – Not an Either/Or Proposition
USAID's programs in family planning and the environment show how common sense coupled with logical programming can protect and improve conditions for both people and the earth.
- Birth
Spacing: Research Update
[MS Word, 175KB]
Outline of birth spacing's
impact on infant and maternal mortality and nutritional
status.
- Gender-Based
Violence and Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS:
Summary of a Technical Update [PDF, 210KB]
On May 1, 2002, more than
130 program managers, policymakers, service providers,
and trainers attended a day-long Technical Update
on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Reproductive
Health/HIV (RH/HIV).
- Birth
Spacing: A Call to Action
[PDF, 172KB]
Research on birth intervals
has revealed that at least three years between births
improves infant, child, and maternal health.
- Global
Evaluation of USAID's Postabortion Care Program [PDF,
1.4MB]
This report is the result
of a global evaluation of postabortion care and
includes case studies of Bolivia, Ghana, Kenya,
and Nepal.
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For more information on family planning,
please contact USAID at ebayer@usaid.gov.
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