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Global Health Technical Briefs summarize the most important information on a timely reproductive health topic in two pages, and pinpoint the implications for public health programs. Each brief includes background/definition of the topic, important recent findings or lessons learned in program application, implications for programs, and where to get more information (web site address and/or contact name/e-mail address).

New Global Health Technical Briefs will be posted online regularly. To suggest a topic, e-mail Rushna Ravji, USAID, at rravji@usaid.gov.

Family Planning

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53

Decentralization of Postabortion Care in Senegal and Tanzania

September 2008

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The Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM): A Postpartum Contraceptive Choice for Women Who Breastfeed

February 2008

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44

Male Circumcision: A New Approach to HIV Prevention

October 2007

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43

Contraceptive Implants: Safe, Effective, Long-acting, Reversible

October 2007

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42

lmmediate Postpartum Insertion of an IUD is Safe and Effective

June 2007

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41

No Evidence that Contraceptive Pills and Patches Lead to Weight Gain

May 2007

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40

Curriculum-Based Reproductive Health and HIV Education Programs for Youth

May 2007

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38

Developing a Continuing-Client Strategy

April 2007

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36 How Family Planning Programs Can Meet Rising Demand for Injectable Contraceptives

December 2006

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34 When Contraceptives Change Monthly Bleeding: How Family Planning Providers Can Help Clients

September 2006

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30 Five Simple Ways to Improve Oral Contraceptive Provision and Use

April 2006

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29 Checklists Reduce Medical Barriers to Contraceptive Use

April 2006

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25 Family Planning for Married Adolescent Girls

January 2006

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23 Hormonal Contraception and HIV: More Research Needed; No Changes in Family Planning Practices Currently Warranted

October 2005; English updated March 2007

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22 Postabortion Family Planning Benefits Clients and Providers

October 2005

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16 Family Planning for Postpartum Women: Seizing a Missed Opportunity

June 2005

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15 Birth Spacing: 2004 Evidence Supports 3+ years

June 2005

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9 Youth and Contraception: Needs and Challenges

December 2004

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8 Abstinence and Delayed Sexual Initiation for Youth

December 2004

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7 Vasectomy: Safe, Convenient, Effective—and Underutilized

November 2004

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6 Female Sterilization: The Most Popular Method of Modern Contraception

November 2004

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5 Contraception for Women Taking Antiretroviral Medications (ARVs): An Update

October 2004
English updated November 2007

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3 Standard Days Method: A Simple, Effective Natural Method

September 2004

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1 IUDs: A Resurging Method July 2004 HTML format of IUDs: A Resurging Method PDF format of IUDs: A Resurging Method HTML format of IUDs: A Resurging Method PDF format of IUDs: A Resurging Method HTML format of DIU (dispositifs intra-utᅵrins) : une mᅵthode qui refait son apparition PDF format of DIU (dispositifs intra-utᅵrins): une mᅵthode qui refait son apparition

Health Care Programming

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51

Peer Education: A Viable Approach for Reaching Youth

June 2008

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49

Risk Communication: Principles, Tools, and Techniques

February 2008

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47

Tuberculosis and the Media: The Importance of Communicating Messages with Partners

February 2008

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46

Avian Influenza: Critical Program Issues

February 2008

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Mobilizing Local Resources to Support Health Programs

May 2007

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37 Addressing the Crisis in Human Resources for Health

December 2006

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35 Creating a Work Climate That Motivates Staff and Improves Performance

November 2006

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33 Systematic Screening: A Strategy for Determining and Meeting Client Reproductive Health Needs

August 2006

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31 Accelerating the Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting: Community Change to Support Human Rights

June 2006

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28 Public Sector Family Planning: How Can We Pay For It?

March 2006

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27 Coping with Crises: How to Meet Reproductive Health Needs in Crisis Situations

March 2006

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24 Building Successful Alliances for Global Health

October 2005

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21 Family Planning Success Stories in Sub-Saharan Africa

September 2005

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20 Leading Changes in Practices To Improve Health

September 2005

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14 Private Providers: A Vast Untapped Resource to Improve Women's Health

June 2005

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11 Priorities for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration

June 2005

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10 Client-Provider Interaction: Key to Successful Family Planning

April 2005

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4 Organizing Work Better

September 2004

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2 Contraceptive Security: What You Can Do

July 2004

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Maternal and Child Health

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52

Postpartum Care

August 2008

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50

Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV

April 2008

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48

Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage

February 2008

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32 Helping Women with HIV Decide About Breastfeeding: What Family Planning Programs Can Do

June 2006

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26 First Aid for Women and Newborns: Where Home Birth is Necessary or Common

February 2006

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13 Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor: A Simple Practice to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage

June 2005

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12 Focused Antenatal Care: A Better, Cheaper, Faster, Evidence-based Approach

June 2005

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Malaria

Issue # Title Published English Spanish French
19

Malaria: Prompt Treatment Saves Lives

August 2005

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Prevent and Treat Malaria During Pregnancy

August 2005

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17

Bednets Reduce Malaria

July 2005

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