Scaling up postpregnancy family planning: practical guide

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dc.creatorWorld Health Organization
dc.date2025-09-08T17:36:15Z
dc.date2025-09-08T17:36:15Z
dc.date2025-09-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T11:48:04Z
dc.descriptionviii, 39 p.
dc.descriptionThis practical guide developed by the World Health Organization provides evidence-based approaches to scaling up postpregnancy family planning, defined as the use of contraception following childbirth or abortion to prevent unintended or closely spaced pregnancies. It responds to persistent gaps in access to contraceptive services during the postpartum and post-abortion periods, despite their critical importance for reducing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality and advancing reproductive rights. The guide is intended for policy-makers, programme managers and other stakeholders involved in strengthening sexual and reproductive health programmes and achieving universal health coverage. The document outlines a flexible framework for scaling up interventions across WHO’s six health system building blocks: leadership and governance, financing, health workforce, service delivery, information systems, and medicines and technologies. It presents guiding principles centred on human rights, equity, community engagement, adaptability and a holistic systems approach. Practical strategies and country examples illustrate how to address common barriers such as weak integration into health services, limited resources and insufficient provider capacity. The guide also emphasizes the importance of monitoring, evaluation and learning to support continuous improvement, and aligns recommended approaches with existing WHO guidelines to support sustainable, context-specific implementation.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier9789240111073 (electronic version)
dc.identifier9789240111080 (print version)
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/382579
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/248458
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Health Organization
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectPostpartum Period
dc.subjectFamily Planning Services
dc.subjectContraception
dc.subjectContraceptive Agents
dc.subjectAbortion, Induced
dc.subjectReproductive Health Services
dc.subjectMaternal Health Services
dc.subjectAdolescent Health Services
dc.subjectPregnancy, Unplanned
dc.subjectBirth Intervals
dc.subjectHealth Planning
dc.subjectHealth Services Accessibility
dc.subjectHealth Systems Plans
dc.subjectQuality of Health Care
dc.subjectGender Equity
dc.subjectWomen's Rights
dc.subjectReproductive Rights
dc.subjectCultural Competency
dc.subjectCommunity Participation
dc.subjectInformation Systems
dc.subjectHealth Workforce
dc.subjectConflict of Interest
dc.subjectGuideline
dc.subjectprevention and control
dc.subjectorganization and administration
dc.subjectadverse effects
dc.titleScaling up postpregnancy family planning: practical guide
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