Utilizing All Health System Contacts to Offer Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) in Ethiopia

Providers trained on PPFP counseling skills and insertion technique for placing intrauterine devices (IUDs) immediately after birth with a refresher on insertion techniques for IUDs and implants. Training also included how to use tools to document PPFP services and referrals. Follow up supervision ensured skill mastery and retention.

HEWs trained in PPFP counseling with a refresher on implant insertion skills. Training also included how to use tools to document PPFP services, method choice, and pregnancy risk at every contact during pregnancy and up to 12 months after birth. Follow up supervision ensured skill improvement and retention.

HEWs orient volunteers on promoting PPFP and how to use a pictoral tool to remind women to access ANC, immunization, and PPFP services and to document women's method preferences and pregnancy risk at every contact during pregnancy and up to 12 months after birth.

Health center staff document PPFP counseling, provision, and referrals in registers and use a facility dashboard to display and track aggregate PPFP data.

HEWs and volunteers track PPFP counseling, choice of method, receipt of methods, and pregnancy risk starting in pregnancy through 12 months postpartum. HEWs and volunteers meet and review data.