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Goal 4
Promote reproductive health and family planning
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 Promoting Quality of Life through Reproductive Health
The significance of reproductive health in Consuelo’s agenda is related to the belief that each and every child must be cared for in the best possible way. The Foundation aims to promote Reproductive Health in relation to its agenda to prevent abuse and neglect of children and women.
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Program Objectives
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Make quality Reproductive Health (RH) and Family Planning (FP) services acceptable and accessible to all who need and want them
- Strategy
- Ensure availability of RH and FP resources
- Heighten campaigns among and within CF networks which include the identification of areas and institutions where RH services are needed
- Proactively seek potential partners among agencies and other institutions which provide direct RH services
- Secure the support of other RH and FP promoting and funding organizations
- Advocate to local governments and other institutions on the promotion of RH and FP services and products
- Other Possible Projects/Partners
- Linkage with networks and/or agencies involved in RH
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Prevent unwanted pregnancies and reduce incidence of maternal and infant mortality
- Strategies
- Promote awareness and acceptance of RH and FP
- Scale up acceptability, availability and accessibility of RH information and services
- Develop a culturally-sensitive and responsive IEC program
- Develop a best practices publication on RH
- Intensify education among young men and women of reproductive age
- Encourage health-seeking and child-caring behaviors
- Promote breast-feeding
- Promote the participation and sharing of responsibility of men in FP
- Specific Projects
- Inclusion of a module on RH and FP in Healthy Start projects
- Promotion of awareness and adoption of RH and FP practices through training of service providers
- Development and/or promotion of RH and FP curricula and materials
- Other Possible Projects/Partners
- Inclusion of RH and FP in all family strengthening initiatives
- Enhancement of skills in line with current main sources of livelihood of target families
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Help women and young potential parents meet their reproductive goals on optimum health, responsibility and family well-being within a framework that respects their right to choose the number, spacing, and timing of the birth of their children
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- Strategies
- Increase access of CF target populations to RH and FP services and products:
- Require partners to promote RH services and comprehensive FP methods
- Integrate RH in all CF –supported projects
- Support delivery of RH and FP services and products
- Specific Projects
- Clinics that promote RH and FP
- Other Possible Projects/Partners
- Support for service delivery institutions
- Mobile RH clinics that reach far-flung, and economically poor areas
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Needs Assessment Elements
In moving RH a step higher, there is a need to look at the current capacities of CF partners as well as their directions in pursuing a non-discriminating track particularly in the area of family planning. Specifically, the following concerns shall be addressed:
- Gaps in accessing, availing and accepting RH information and services which include modern methods of contraception, counseling and referrals, among others
- Available manpower in community and their capability to promote RH and FP initiatives
- Capacity of partners to expand linkages particularly to RH and FP institutions
- Available direct and indirect service community-based providers of RH and FP services and their capacity for more intensive campaign on RH and FP
- Profile of target populations in terms of RH practices, health conditions, income, current family size, household size, cultural practices affecting maternal and child care
- Local ordinances and government mechanisms that support RH and FP such as mapping, tracking and target setting, especially in areas with large family or with young parents
- Other resources and mechanisms in the community that could support RH and FP initiatives such as clinics, outreach services of schools and churches, etc.
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