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USAID program, 1997-2002 Smaller Healthier Families

This USAID program focused on three pillars - partnership, national level support, and community level support - to promote smaller and healthier families. The program aimed to improve norms and standards, enhance women's nutrition, provide essential nutrition, train health professionals on family planning, strengthen health systems, and empower communities through education and mobilization.

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USAID program, 1997-2002 Smaller Healthier Families

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  1. USAID program, 1997-2002Smaller Healthier Families

  2. The three pillars…. 1. Partnership 2. National level support 3. Community level support

  3. …..must be balanced 1. Partnership 3. Community level support 2. National level support

  4. Partnership • GAIN • ICC • IEC Task force • RH Task force • DDM

  5. National level support • Policy/Norms and Standards • Strategic approaches • System strengthening • Improved quality of services

  6. Improved Norms and Standards and Policies

  7. Breastfeeding Women’s Nutrition Complementary Feeding Iodine Vitamin A Essential Nutrition (small doable actions) Feeding of sick children Anemia

  8. 4 Method FP Training Program(small doable actions) Five day formal training: • 4 methods: orals, injectibles, barriers and LAM • Counseling and IEC materials • Logistics and HMIS tools • 2 clinic-based half days • Start-up kit

  9. Cold-chain spare-parts Drug/contraceptive logistics IEC materials Health System Strengthening

  10. Pre-service training in medical and nursing schools • Sustainable training strategy • Increased cost-effectiveness

  11. Communitylevel • Community empowerment mobilization and education • Community based distribution and Social Marketing • Link between community and health centers

  12. Champion Communities Empowering Measuring change Celebrating success

  13. Who? SMALL DO-ABLE ACTION Why? How? Promote Positive Behaviors • Large numbers of community volunteers • Community animators from existing organizations • Short skill-based training with the family-friendly health card as focus.

  14. The way forward 1. Partnership 2. National level support 3. Community level support

  15. The way forward • Continuing and strengthening partnership • Continuing and expanding work at the National level • Expanding community involvement Champion communes and social marketing

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