Strengthening the Enabling Environment for RH/FP Services

RESPOND seeks to apply the knowledge generated during the life of the project in the field to expand reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP) service delivery. Activities in this result area are driven  by the needs of field partners for country-level programming and technical assistance.

Key Activities

Develop forecasting guide with DELIVER
Contraceptive security is a critical but often overlooked component when introducing or scaling up contraceptive services. To address this gap, RESPOND collaborated with DELIVER to develop a tool to integrate commodity procurement forecasting with service delivery planning. Designed for procurement professionals, this tool facilitates the introduction of new FP methods and related commodities, and provide support for new approaches for training and service expansion, such as with introduction of Sino-Implant. 

Ensuring Contraceptive Security in the "Last Mile"
Contraceptive security (CS) forlong-acting and permanent methods (LA/PMs) is particularly challenging due to lack of familiarity with LA/PM service delivery requirements at lower levels of the health system. RESPOND complements existing procurement activities by building the capacity of districts and sites to ensure CS for LA/PMs. In collaboration with the procurement projects, RESPOND is working to improve CS by closing "the last mile" gap in the supply chain between the district and individual health facilities and the community.