Promotion of family planning in countries with high birth rates has the potential to reduce
poverty and hunger and avert 32% of all maternal deaths and nearly 10% of childhood …

This paper reviews existing literature on sexual and reproductive health research and
programming among boys and young men in sub-Saharan Africa. While there is growing …

The Navrongo experiment, a family planning and health project in northern Ghana, has
demonstrated that an appropriately designed, community‐based family planning program …

Objectives. We examined the role of community-level factors in explaining geographic
variations in modern contraceptive use in 6 African countries. Methods. We analyzed …

The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project is a quasi‐experimental
study designed to test the hypothesis that introducing health and family planning services in …

ABSTRACT Ghana's Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) initiative is
envisioned to be a national program to relocate primary health care services from subdistrict …

This study presents a focus group investigation of reasons why women in a rural, Sahelian
community are reluctant to adopt family planning even when convenient services are made …

Page 1 RAND The Origins and Evolution of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries
Judith R. Seltzer POPULATION MATTERS A RAND Program of Policy-Relevant Research …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the demographic and health impact of deploying health service
nurses and volunteers to village locations with a view to scaling up results. METHODS: A …

yakong vn, rush kl, bassett‐smith j., bottorff jl & robinson c.(2010) Women's experiences of
seeking reproductive health care in rural Ghana: challenges for maternal health service …