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Comprehensive Reproductive Health and Family Planning Training Curriculum (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish, Portuguese)
Comprised of a series of downloadable PDF modules, the
training material aims to facilitate higher levels of
training by instructors with baseline reproductive health
skills. The curriculum was developed by Pathfinder
International, a U.S. based family planning ngo.
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Pubs_Training_Curriculum
Contraceptive Methods (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site contains information on contraceptive methods that
meet the WHO "eligibility criteria". It contains information
on various approved methods, an overview of family planning,
and annotated bibliography, links to related sites and
patient education presentations. The text can be downloaded
as a pdf file and is accessible in Spanish It is part of the
Reproductive Health Outlook/PATH project.
http://www.rho.org/html/contraceptive_methods.htm
Family Health International (FHI) (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish)
Family Health International is committed to helping women and
men have access to safe, effective, acceptable and affordable
family planning methods. The site includes a Reproductive
Health/HIV/AIDS search engine. It is available in English,
French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.
http://www.fhi.org/en/index.htm
Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This e-book contains the latest guidance on providing
contraceptive methods for clinic-based health care
professionals in developing countries. Organized by broad
subject topics, the whole book or specific chapter(s) can be
downloaded as PDF files. This project is supported by the
INFO Project at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, John
Hopkins University, U.S.
http://www.infoforhealth.org/globalhandbook/
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
This site contains
several full-text publications on health, reproductive
healthcare and family planning, in English and French. The
Foundation has a focus on Francophone regions, and developing
and transitional countries.
http://www.gfmer.ch/000_Homepage_En.htm
Resources for HIV & Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Partners Working
Group resource is designed to help health practitioners to
integrate provisions of family planning and reproductive
health services with activities for preventing and treating
HIV/AIDS. The site contains a selection of fulltext
documents, news, photos, communication and other materials
that reflect field experience on integration of HIV and
family planning service. It is organized into broad clinical
and public health categories and maintained by the Johns
Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (U.S.).
http://www.hivandsrh.org/
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