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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Final report. The Upazila Initiatives Project: September 1987 - December

1990. Strengthening local family planning program management in Bangladesh

by applying lessons learned in Indonesia.

AUTHORS

Management Sciences for Health [MSH]. Family Planning Management Training

SOURCE

Boston, Massachusetts, Management Sciences for Health, Family Planning

Management Training Project, 1991 Aug. [7], 53, [50] p.

ABSTRACT

This report reviews the activities of Bangladesh's Upazila Initiative Project (UIP), a program designed to improve the

performance of the country's family planning program through decentralization. The report covers phase I of UIP, from

September 1987 to December 1990. Developed by USAID and the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare, UIP seeks to improve access to decentralized family planning services and information at the upazila

(subdistrict) level by improving the knowledge and skills of local officials and community leaders. Much of UIP is

based on the successful decentralized model implemented by Indonesia's National Family Planning Coordinating

Board (BKKBN). UIP's strategies for instituting decentralized family planning management include: 1) functional

partnerships between family planning personnel and local officials; 2) active involvement of community members in

the management of their family planning program; 3) active participation of local people -- especially women; and 4)

local financial contributions for the implementation of Action Plans. The report provides a detailed account of throw

the program works, its objectives and achievements, and future activities and sustainability. After 3 years of

operation, UIP has demonstrated that decentralized family planning is an important strategy for improving

performance. Other conclusions include: 1) local management of family planning serves as a link between national

demographic goals and local empowerment; and 2) effective management practices can easily be instituted at the

community level. Phase II of UIP, which will run from 1991-1995, will concentrate on promoting the sustainability of

upazila-level initiatives. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2519-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Final report. The Upazila Initiatives Project: September

1987 - December 1990. Strengthening local family planning program management in Bangladesh by applying

lessons learned in Indonesia.", is(are) Management Sciences for Health [MSH]. Family Planning Management

Training Project. The source of this article is "Boston, Massachusetts, Management Sciences for Health, Family

Planning Management Training Project, 1991 Aug. [7], 53, [50] p.". This article was published in 1991 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2519-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12519

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