The MAQ Tools page offers tools that have been tried and tested in improving access and quality in family planning services. The majority of these tools can be downloaded directly for your use. We encourage you to submit other tools you have found useful in your own work. Submissions can be sent to Rushna Ravji, Service Delivery Technical Advisor, rravji@usaid.gov, or Elizabeth Greene, Program Assistant for the MAQ Initiative, egreene@usaid.gov, Service Delivery Improvement Division.
New! Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services The objectives of this guide are to: 1) provide a core list of indicators to measure the reach, usefulness, use, and impact of information services and products in a consistent way; 2) improve monitoring and evaluation by simplifying the selection and application of indicators; and 3) define, standardize, and categorize indicators so as to promote agreement on their appropriate application and interpretation.
New! Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers
Improving Access to Family Planning: Community-based Distribution of DMPA. This kit provides information and tools with which decision-makers can advocate for and initiate community-based distribution (CBD) of the injectable contraceptive depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA or Depo-Provera). Drawing on research and programs from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the kit presents seven briefs with evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of CBD provision of DMPA. It discusses best practices for successful CBD of DMPA provision, such as training, counseling, and ensuring supply. The kit also includes overviews of resources and steps for initiating CBD of DMPA provision within existing reproductive health programs, as well as a checklist for screening clients who want to use DMPA. The checklist is based on the World Health Organization's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use.
Service Provision Assessments (SPA) from MEASURE DHS
SPARHCS: Strategic Pathway to Reproductive Health Commodity Security. A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Implementation A tool to help countries develop and implement strategies to secure essential supplies for family planning and reproductive health programs. The tool includes a downloadable diagnostic guide that can be customized to a country's specific needs and resources.
IUDs: Old Thinking Versus New Thinking
USAID FP/HIV Integration Guidelines
Checklist to Rule Out Pregnancy: Instructions for Use
GATHER: The Elements of Counseling
Explaining So Clients Remember
Tips for Managers: Promoting Better Counseling
Ideas for Providers: Teach Yourself Better Counseling
Contact for all above: Ward Rinehart, Poprepts@jhuccp.orgCombined Oral Contraceptives (COCs) Checklist
A User's Guide for Monitoring Quality of Care in Family Planning
QIQ Tools (Zipped download files that require Epi Info software to open; readable with Word)
Transfer of Learning: A Guide for Strengthening the Performance of Health Care Workers
