IBP in Action
The IBP Initiative is normally launched through regional and country meetings. Since 1999, the IBP Initiative has been successfully initiated through regional meetings in Nepal and Egypt and country meetings in China and India. All conferences concluded with participants devising collaborative plans to improve their approaches, based on sound research, best practices, and the highest standards of care in reproductive health.
A Guide for Fostering Change to Scale Up Effective Health Services presents a pathway that links proven change practices with evidenced-based clinical and programmatic practices to cross barriers of change resistance. It helps teams to foster change and work together to break down barriers and focus actions to obtain a common goal. These pathways can significantly increase the chances for success and sustainability as teams introduce, adapt, apply, and scale-up effective practices in health and family planning.
Scaling Up FP/MCH Best Practice in Asia and the Near East Technical Meeting
September 3-8, 2007
Millennium Hilton Hotel,
Bangkok, Thailand
USAID with the World Health Organization Implementing Best Practices Initiative and other USAID Partners, is convening a technical meeting to explore strategies for scaling-up family planning and maternal, child and neonatal health best practices in Asia and the Near East.*
The meeting will present an opportunity for countries to share and learn from each others’ experiences and approaches and to introduce and apply best practices in their respective countries. Activities will include presentations, discussions and skills building sessions related to relevant best practices.
*The technical meeting will be open to the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, West Bank/Gaza, Yemen, East Timor, Iraq, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
More information on the meeting
Sharing experience and effective action in Uganda
helps to improve the quality of care in Tanzania
Representatives from the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi,
Tanzania, who attended the 2004 IBP Launch in Uganda shared their
experience and reviewed practices with colleagues from other countries
within the region about how to increase access to antiretroviral drugs and
PMTCT in their hospitals. When the team returned to Tanzania, they applied
the experience and best practices exchanged at the meeting on managing
PMTCT and voluntary counseling and testing and have been able to extend
their services to reach more women and their families, particularly during
delivery and the post-partum period.
Kenya team reignites their commitment to family
planning and improved maternal health
Kenya, one of 13 countries attending the 2004 IBP launch in Uganda,
developed an action plan to reduce maternal mortality in selected districts
by adapting best practices to improve advocacy, training, and logistics
management. During the past year, the team has continued to meet under
the leadership of the Ministry of Health and the IBP partners. Accomplishments
include securing a line item for family planning in the national budget,
forming a caucus for family planning among members of parliament, and
developing a training module for service delivery on contraceptive technology,
infection prevention, counseling, and facilitative supervision.
Uttar Pradesh Team takes action to increase the
number of Auxiliary Nurse-Midwives (ANMs) working
in rural areas to improve RH
At the 2003 India IBP launch meeting, the Uttar Pradesh team committed
itself to improving the quality of antenatal care in their state. While
developing an IBP action plan, they realized the first issue to address was
the lack of resident ANMs in many of their communities, a result of
inadequate housing allowances for ANMs. The IBP process helped them
come together as a team and act rapidly by advocating with the Secretary
of Health and Family Welfare, who was successful in increasing the ANM
housing allowance from 100 to 250 rupees. The change was officially
approved just months after their decision to act.
China IBP Meeting Leads to Updated Family Planning
Guidelines
IBP Consortium members first came to China in 2000. Through a set of
highly interactive activities, they shared the latest evidence-based practices
for improving the quality of reproductive health services with researchers
and policymakers from the State Family Planning Commission. Together
they developed new family planning technical guidelines that included
counseling and informed choice. These became part of their policies and,
in 2001, IBP partners worked with the team to introduce the guidelines
to all provincial managers.
New IBP Activities in Francophone Africa
Réunion du Groupe de Travail pour la Revitalisation des Soins près Avortement (SAA) : Mise à jour des mécanismes de soutien et suivi pour le renforcement des services SAA en Afrique Francophone [Working Group Meeting for the Revitalization of Post Abortion Care: Update on support mechanisms and follow-up for the strengthening PAC services in Francophone Africa]
March 1-2 , 2006 in Dakar, Senegal. Find out more about the the context for the meeting. The organizers envision it as a way to prepare for an IBP launch event in Francophone Africa that will focus on three priority areas related to post abortion care: PAC and family planning, the role of ancillary medical and community personnel, and community approaches. Meeting participants include the IBP Secretariat, IBP Regional representatives, WHO, USAID, USAID partners and other groups working in reproductive health. |
