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Sexual Reproductive Health Project

Sexual Reproductive Health Project. INDEPTH Network. Background. Several RH and FP interventions have been implemented in Africa Yet not much is understood about the demographic and health impact of these interventions

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Sexual Reproductive Health Project

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  1. Sexual Reproductive Health Project INDEPTH Network

  2. Background • Several RH and FP interventions have been implemented in Africa • Yet not much is understood about the demographic and health impact of these interventions • Project aims to utilize HDSS platform to evaluate impact of SRH programmes in Africa

  3. Methods • Use both existing / new data to examine the impact of RH and FP interventions in a few African sites • Use these evaluations to reorient or reconfigure their interventions to yield maximum impact

  4. Processes • Pune brainstorming workshop • Presentation of concept paper • Broad areas agreed • Second workshop organized in Accra in mid December 2009 • Focused areas agreed. • Call issued

  5. Selection of Proposal • SAC subcommittee constituted to review proposal • A representative from Hewlett also reviewed • Proposals were scored • Reviews discussed with Hewlett Team in Dallas • Five proposals selected

  6. Projects • Trends and determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Adolescents in Magu HDSS, Tanzania • Adolescent reproductive Behavior and Fertility in Rakai HDSS • Prevalence And Determinants Of Unwanted Or Mistimed Pregnancies Among Hiv Negative Versus Positive Women In Western Kenya

  7. Projects… • Fertility, Family Planning, Child Health and Survival, and Househould Economic Outcomes: What can we learn from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System? • An investigation of the relationship between fertility and economic well being in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana

  8. Implementation Status • Rakai - IRB clearance. Field work started in August – qualitative data being collected to supplement quantitative data • Navrongo – implementation in progress – two papers to be presented at AGM • Kisumu – developed questionnaires (qual & quant): going through IRB clearance • Nairobi – Implementation in progress – draft paper in progress • Magu- Implementation in progress

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