Management for health services delivery

Management of health programmes: Reproductive Health

For frontline managers

  • Reproductive Health At A Glance
    2003, The World Bank
    Why address reproductive health; how to improve reproductive health,; indicators; do's and don'ts.
    (4 pages, pdf 112kb)
  • Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment
    2001, WHO/RHT/MSM/96.18 rev1
    Guiding principles, assessment, administrative arrangements, survey forms, data analysis, policy and management assessment, budget, sample size; step by step process
    (Web page with links to sections of manual: click on the underlined headings to download)
  • Care of mother and baby at the health centre: A practical guide
    1993, WHO
    Functions, tasks and skills needed for comprehensive care of mother and baby, covering the preconceptual, prenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods which can be provided at the health centre and in the community; the role of the health centre in training, supervision and continuing logistic support for community-based care; referral system
    (WHO webpage with link to pdf)
  • Improving Reproductive Health Care Within the Context of District Health Services: A Hands-on Manual for Planners and Managers
    Ietje H. Reerink and Bruce B. Campbell, 2004, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, in collaboration with UNFPA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
    Guiding principles and challenges for managing and planning an SRH programme; examining existing coverage of SRH in a district, including through the use of health management information systems; planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring; including community groups; promoting ownership and commitment; reviewing progress of an SRH work plan.
    (180 pages, pdf 618kb)
  • Community Mobilization: Improving Reproductive Health Outcomes
    pdf, 48kb

    2006, The ACQUIRE Project, USAID
    Some lessons: Allow adequate time for the process; Define who participates and how; Recruit effective leaders, community representatives, and volunteers; Have skilled facilitators; Understand sociocultural context.
    (2 pages)
  • Interagency List of Reproductive Health Essential Medicines
    pdf, 397kb

    2006, WHO/PSM/PAR/2006.1, WHO, International Planned Parenthood Federation, John Snow, Inc., Path, Population Services International, UNFPA, World Bank
    Presents the current international consensus on rational selection of essential reproductive health medicines to support decisions regarding the production, quality assurance, national procurement and reimbursement schemes of these medicines.
    (36 pages)
  • Reproductive Health During Conflict and Displacement: A Guide for Programme Managers
    Department of Reproductive Health, 2000, WHO/RHR/00.13
    Reactions to conflict; integrated care; gender issues; quality; human rights; core packages; issues and implementation in different phases of conflict and displacement
    (Website with links to individual chapters - total 183 pages)
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