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Bolivia: A Gender Focus In Service Delivery Improves Quality Of Care, Population Council
Bolivia: A Gender Focus In Service Delivery Improves Quality Of Care, Population Council
Reproductive Health
A program to operationalize and institutionalize a gender perspective in reproductive health services in Bolivia resulted in a significant reduction in unmet need for contraception, increased client satisfaction, and improved communication between partners. Bolivia’s Integral Health Coordination Program (PROCOSI) encourages member NGOs to address gender-based differences in roles, relationships, access to services, and service needs in their RH programs. In 2005, FRONTIERS collaborated with PROCOSI to test the feasibility and costs of a system for certifying that its member organizations provided gender-sensitive RH services. The two-year project followed a 2000 intervention to incorporate gender perspectives in PROCOSI clinics that led …