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Repositioning Family Planning in West Africa: The role of FP Integration into HIV/AIDS Services

Repositioning Family Planning in West Africa: The role of FP Integration into HIV/AIDS Services. Pierre Ngom Family Health International. Outline. Opportunities and challenges for FP/HIV integration Current FP/HIV integration work by FHI The FHI approach to FP/HIV integration

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Repositioning Family Planning in West Africa: The role of FP Integration into HIV/AIDS Services

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  1. Repositioning Family Planning in West Africa:The role of FP Integration into HIV/AIDS Services Pierre Ngom Family Health International

  2. Outline • Opportunities and challenges for FP/HIV integration • Current FP/HIV integration work by FHI • The FHI approach to FP/HIV integration • Key Achievements to date • Is integration a priority in West Africa?

  3. Opportunities for FP/HIV Integration

  4. Challenges to FP/HIV Integration • Train, motivate, and support multi-skilled workers • Avoid overburdening staff at a time of severe shortage • Mobilize resources to renovate or expand overcrowded health facilities • Gain support of some program managers and service providers who are ambivalent toward integration

  5. Current FP/HIV Integration Work by FHI Kenya Tanzania Ghana Zimbabwe South Africa

  6. Current FHI work on FP/HIV Integration • FP into VCT • FP into PMTCT • RH as part of HBC • RH needs of OVCs • FP and ART • Assessment of FP status in the era of HIV/AIDS

  7. FP/HIV Integration: The FHI Approach Country-wide rollout Pilot scale-up Training Review of existing training manuals Operations Research Advocacy Strategy development Baseline Assessment

  8. Key Achievements to date(with funding from USAID/PEPFAR/REDSO) • Kenya: FHI is now supporting the MoH to pilot the scale up of integrating FP into VCT at 50 facilities. Lessons learned will feed into the country-wide rollout of FP/VCT integration. • South Africa: FHI is now integrating RH and HIV/AIDS services in 20 selected service delivery sites. • Zimbabwe: FHI is supporting the national Integration Committee to identify opportunities for FP/HIV integration and devise implementation strategies

  9. Eastern-Southern Africa FP and HIV services must address the twin risk of unwanted pregnancies and of contracting the HIV virus TFR  relatively low CPR  relatively high HIVPR  relatively high West Africa FP and HIV services must address the twin risk of unwanted pregnancies and of contracting the HIV virus TFR  relatively high CPR  relatively low HIVPR  relatively low Is integration as priority in West Africa? Where East meets West…

  10. Thank you

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