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Reproductive Health

2009

Family Planning

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Improving The Quality Of Family Planning And Reproductive Tract Infection Services For Urban Slum Populations: Demand-Based Reproductive Health Commodity Project, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Md. Mafizur Rahman Jan 2009

Improving The Quality Of Family Planning And Reproductive Tract Infection Services For Urban Slum Populations: Demand-Based Reproductive Health Commodity Project, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Md. Mafizur Rahman

Reproductive Health

Quality of care has been a neglected dimension of family planning (FP) services for a long time in Bangladesh. Furthermore, effective programs are yet to be implemented to address the imbalance in contraceptive method mix. As outlined in this report, efforts were made through an operations research project to improve the quality of FP and reproductive tract infection (RTI) services provided by NGO clinics in selected slums in Bangladesh. The capacity of these NGO clinics to offer high-quality services to slum neighborhoods was strengthened by training service providers, strengthening service delivery points, and improving counseling services to ensure client satisfaction. …