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            <title>Youth InfoNet 65</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/youthwg/pubs/YouthInfoNet/YIN65.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 14 program resources with Web links, and seven journal article summaries on research from the Caribbean region, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.]]></description>
            <author>fhi_news@fhi.org (Family Health International)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:39:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>obilizing Religious Communities to Respond to Gender-based Violence and HIV: A Training Manual</title>
            <link>http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/index.cfm?ID=publications&amp;get=pubID&amp;pubID=1020</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This manual has been designed to guide trainers in conducting workshops for religious leaders and women leaders of faith on GBV and HIV. It was created specifically for heads of religious organizations, such as inter-religious councils and women's religious organizations. While this material was piloted with leaders, it can be adapted to meet the specific priorities and needs of participants, such as other organization members. 
The overall objective of the training is to raise awareness of religious leaders and women leaders of faith about GBV as it relates to HIV and motivate action planning to address the issues in their own organizations or communities.]]></description>
            <author>rmbuyabrown@futuresgroup.com (USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:46:08 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Gender-related Barriers to HIV Prevention Methods: A Review of Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) ...</title>
            <link>http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/index.cfm?ID=publications&amp;get=pubID&amp;pubID=1021</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report reviews Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) policies for sexual assault. Institutions and programs should consider the gender barriers explored in this review when creating new PEP guidelines and, where current guidelines do exist, they should implement protocols and procedures to ensure that they address such barriers. By doing so, PEPFAR focus countries will be better positioned to increase access to high-quality PEP services for sexual assault survivors.]]></description>
            <author>rmbuyabrown@futuresgroup.com (USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:44:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Job Aids for the Reinjection of Injectable Contraceptives</title>
            <link>http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/servdelivery/reinjection_job_aids.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Family Health International (FHI) and IntraHealth International have field tested and co-branded several job aids designed to help health care providers better serve women who return for reinjections of the contraceptives depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and norethisterone enantate (NET-EN). Research that FHI conducted in South Africa, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, revealed that approximately half of injectable users were late for their reinjections, and a substantial portion of those who arrived within the approved grace period were denied a reinjection.]]></description>
            <author>fhi_news@fhi.org (Family Health International)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:21:56 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Responding to the HIV-related needs of MSM in Africa – Workshop guide</title>
            <link>http://www.aidsalliance.org/publicationsdetails.aspx?id=416</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This guide has been produced for people who want to improve the response to the HIV-related needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa. 

It provides a set of activities for you to facilitate a meeting with key stakeholders who are responsible for improving local and national responses to HIV among MSM. It includes step-by-step advice about how to run sessions, together with a variety of resource material and presentations that will be useful to you and your group. 

It also provides basic information to increase understanding about MSM and, in particular, MSM and the HIV epidemic.]]></description>
            <author>publications@aidsalliance.org (International HIV/AIDS Alliance)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:50:30 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Youth InfoNet 64</title>
            <link>http://info.k4health.org/youthwg/pubs/YouthInfoNet/YIN64.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 15 program resources with Web links, and 8 journal article summaries on research from India, Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.]]></description>
            <author>fhi_news@fhi.org (Family Health International)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:34:55 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Policy Implementation Barriers Analysis: Conceptual Framework and Pilot Test in Three Countries</title>
            <link>http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/Publications/Documents/998_1_PIBA_FINAL_12_07_09_acc.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In response to the AIDS pandemic, many countries have introduced policies and programs intended to stem the spread of the epidemic and mitigate its impacts. Unfortunately, too often these policies or program directives are not being implemented. To gain an understanding of the underlying factors that influence the implementation process, the USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1 designed and conducted a Policy Implementation Barriers Analysis (PIBA) to create and field test a methodology that seeks to systematically answer the following questions: 1) If a policy has been written and approved and includes up-to-date guidelines, why is it not being implemented? 2) What are the barriers to implementing the policy? 3) Which approaches and interventions can be recommended to improve policy implementation? 

This paper describes the project's pilot of the PIBA methodology in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The report includes a brief review of the policy implementation framework; the methodology used to field test the framework for addressing policy implementation barriers; and the findings from the field-tests. The paper concludes with lessons learned related to key findings and the methodology and includes ideas for moving the methodology forward in other countries.]]></description>
            <author>rmbuyabrown@futuresgroup.com (USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:33:09 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Integrating Gender in Policy Implementation Barriers Analysis: A Methodology</title>
            <link>http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/Publications/Documents/997_1_Gender_in_OBA_FINAL_12_07_09_acc.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Policy Implementation Barriers Analysis (PIBA) activity was designed to pilot a methodology and set of tools to identify key barriers to implementing programs under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Specifically, the activity focused on identifying barriers to reaching a targeted goal for one or more of the PEPFAR indicators. The project integrated gender into the PIBA activity to help underscore the various needs of women and men within the context of barriers to implementation. Health policies affect women and men differently, as do policies that influence service delivery systems, available resources, patient treatment options, medical costs, and other aspects of healthcare services, such as hours of operation or site location. These differences often are the product of local gender norms and values that shape the freedom and opportunities open to both women and men. Identifying and addressing these differences are crucial to ensuring that women and men benefit equally from health programs. 
This report outlines a methodology for integrating gender into the PIBA activity and describes the main activities to be carried out by gender experts, ideally with skills in gender analysis, HIV/AIDS issues, and specific country knowledge. The report also presents examples of how each activity was developed and/or used in several of the country PIBA surveys.]]></description>
            <author>rmbuyabrown@futuresgroup.com (USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:29:26 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Analyzing Family Planning Needs in Nigeria: Lessons for Repositioning Family Planning in ...</title>
            <link>http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/Publications/Documents/996_1_Nigeria_FamPlan_FINAL_12_3_09_acc.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Family planning use has lagged in sub-Saharan Africa relative to other parts of the developing world. In response, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has adopted a "Repositioning Family Planning" initiative to mobilize commitment to family planning in Africa. The USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1 has a set of tools, methods, and approaches that can support repositioning initiatives. One of the tools is the FamPlan Model, which can make projections related to fertility rates and contraceptive use by method and also help to assess related costs. To illustrate the useful features of FamPlan and explore policy options for Nigeria, the Health Policy Initiative analyzed Nigeria's prospects in achieving its population policy goals. 

This report describes the FamPlan Model application in Nigeria. However, the report also includes data from recent national DHS for 37 sub-Saharan Africa countries. The data can be used to do FamPlan Model applications in these countries.]]></description>
            <author>rmbuyabrown@futuresgroup.com (USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:25:53 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Engaging the Poor on Family Planning as a Poverty Reduction Strategy</title>
            <link>http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/Publications/Documents/995_1_Engaging_the_Poor_IA5__FINAL_12_1_09_acc.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Worldwide, women in the poorest wealth quintile have about twice as many children as those in the wealthiest quintile. For poor families, having many children can mean fewer resources (money, time, and attention) invested in each child, leading to poor nutrition, ill health, and limited educational opportunities. One reason that women who are poor have more children than affluent women is that they are less likely to use modern contraceptive methods. Paradoxically, women in the poorest wealth quintile are more likely than those in the wealthiest quintile to report that they are not using contraception even though they want to limit or space future births. The poor have a key role as expert advisers, reviewers, advocates, educators, community mobilizers, critics, and watchdogs. Concrete examples of country activities that have involved the poor in policy initiatives illustrate their valuable contributions. 
Policies and programs that combine poverty-reduction and family planning (FP), as well as engage the poor, can increase the effects of both poverty-reduction and FP efforts. This report is designed to provide information to national and local leaders and policy champions on the potential contribution of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs to poverty reduction programs and to suggest ways that national and local officials, development leaders, and FP/RH champions can engage the poor in the policy process to foster open dialogue on how family planning can benefit the poor. 

The guidelines in this report were tested in Kenya during meetings with community members and leaders. They are designed to be adapted to diverse groups, including the poor and other disadvantaged and marginalized groups.]]></description>
            <author>rmbuyabrown@futuresgroup.com (USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:32:28 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Youth InfoNet 63</title>
            <link>http://info.k4health.org/youthwg/pubs/YouthInfoNet/YIN63.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention 14 program resources with Web links, and 14 journal article summaries on research from Bangladesh, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, and the sub-Saharan Africa region.]]></description>
            <author>fhi_news@fhi.org (Family Health International)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:22:24 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls</title>
            <link>http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/2009PGY_NewLessons.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Juliet Young demonstrate that education for girls during adolescence can be transformative, and they identify a broad array of promising educational approaches which should be evaluated for their impact.  New Lessons provides new data and analysis from research on more than 300 past and current programs and projects for adolescent girls. It offers evidence on how proven practices, including scholarships for girls and the recruitment and training of female teachers, can increase the number of adolescent girls attending school and highlights the pedagogical approaches that enhance learning and employment.]]></description>
            <author>pubinfo@popcouncil.org (Population Council)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:14:36 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Training Health Workers in Africa: Documenting Faith-Based Organizations’ Contributions</title>
            <link>http://www.capacityproject.org/images/stories/files/techbrief_17.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Provides information on pre-service and in-service trainings offered by faith-based organizations, with a focus on nursing and midwifery pre-service training in Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.]]></description>
            <author>jsolomon@intrahealth.org (IntraHealth International)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:37:02 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Health Worker Retention and Performance Initiatives: Making Better Strategic Choices</title>
            <link>http://www.capacityproject.org/images/stories/files/techbrief_16.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Proposes a shared approach to retention and performance improvement based on existing motivation theories and experience in the international health field.]]></description>
            <author>jsolomon@intrahealth.org (IntraHealth International)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:35:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Alleviating the Burden of Responsibility: Men as Providers of Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care and ...</title>
            <link>http://www.capacityproject.org/images/stories/files/researchbrief_2.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Presents the research and results of a study of men as providers of HIV/AIDS care and describes how research was used to promote policy change and program response In Lesotho.]]></description>
            <author>jsolomon@intrahealth.org (IntraHealth International)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:34:11 +0100</pubDate>
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