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Social Accountability For Family Planning: A Case Study Of The Healthy Action Project In Uganda, The Evidence Project Jan 2015

Social Accountability For Family Planning: A Case Study Of The Healthy Action Project In Uganda, The Evidence Project

Reproductive Health

In July 2014, the Evidence Project gathered 26 experts for a two-day meeting on Strengthening the Evidence Base on Social Accountability for Improving Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programs. Participants included social accountability experts from diverse fields (governance, maternal health, family planning) as well as researchers, implementers, and activists. The meeting was one of the first public discussions that addressed social accountability in the context of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH). Meeting participants agreed on the need for case studies of FP/RH initiatives to identify “good practices” in order to advance the application of social accountability to the FP/RH …