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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Midterm evaluation of the Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception

(AVSC) Cooperative Agreement.

AUTHORS

Marshall J; Hyatt-Hearn S; Margolis A; Mitchell M; Murray T; Rooks J

SOURCE

Arlington, Virginia, DUAL and Associates, Population Technical Assistance

Project [PROTECH], 1992 Mar 12. xv, 79, [49] p. Report No. 90-101-12; USAID

Contract No. DPE-3024-Z-00-8078-00

ABSTRACT

A cooperative agreement exists between the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Association

for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (AVSC) in which the AVSC is provided $80 million over the period August 1988-

August 1993, to support the institutionalization of accessible, high-quality voluntary surgical contraception (VSC)

services in developing countries. Specifically, programs are slated to expand access to services, giver serious

attention to the notion of voluntarism, and maintain and enhance service safety and quality. As of May 1991, 15

amendments had been made to the agreement, thereby obligating $43,017,000. Overall, the evaluation found the

AVSC to have performed quite well. Many subagreements are in place, quantitative targets for training centers and

events have largely been met or exceeded, a strong regional field-level presence is felt, need is recognized for

programmatic flexibility, and AVSC-USAID communications are generally positive. The AVSC could, however, give

more attention to strategic planning, the private for-profit sector, and information and education effort sand outreach

activities especially at the policymaker level; strengthen evaluation activities; place NORPLANT, no-scalpel

vasectomy, and postpartum-IUD technology in the hands of the Medical Division; dissociate from the World

Federation of Health Agencies for VSC; examine service cost-effectiveness; and increase managerial efficiency

through decentralization. The Program Management Division lacks field experience and hands-on technical

expertise. Recommendations are made for improvement, and the future program of the AVSC is discussed.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1554-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Midterm evaluation of the Association for Voluntary

Surgical Contraception (AVSC) Cooperative Agreement.", is(are) Marshall J; Hyatt-Hearn S; Margolis A; Mitchell M;

Murray T; Rooks J. The source of this article is "Arlington, Virginia, DUAL and Associates, Population Technical

Assistance Project [PROTECH], 1992 Mar 12. xv, 79, [49] p. Report No. 90-101-12; USAID Contract No. DPE-3024-Z-

00-8078-00". This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T

1554-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 11554

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