Reproductive Health and Family Planning

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Overview

BHF supports all the 11 Districts of Busoga to develop efficient and sustainable reproductive health and family planning programs at all levels of the healthcare system. Reproductive health and family planning are key components of a broad, integrated framework that links maternal, newborn, and child health, HIV and AIDS prevention, and treatment.

Our Approach

Our interventions include family planning counseling in health facilities and training community leaders to promote family planning in their communities, Translating Research into Action Projects among others.

BHF Reproductive health and family planning interventions are proven and cost-effective, empowering women and men to exercise their rights to make voluntary and informed decisions about the number, spacing, and timing of pregnancies. Our work contributes to reductions in unwanted pregnancies, maternal and child deaths, malnutrition, poverty, and the spread of HIV.

Implementation Methodology

Direct implementation in collaboration with existing government structures and technical persons

Collaboration with Other Implementing partners for Synergy and leveraging

Peer-led social-economic empowerment and mobilization

Use of the MOH recommended guideline to achieve her targets for reducing unintended pregnancies, increasing contraceptive prevalence, and reducing the proportion of women who die of preventable death.