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segment <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> target populati<strong>on</strong> by specific characteristics;(h) promote use of l<strong>on</strong>ger-act<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> permanent methods;(ix) streng<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n behavioural change communicati<strong>on</strong>s; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>(i) improve commodity security.Need to adopt a client-segmentedapproach to both behavioural changecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gservice deliveryIt is clear that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> “<strong>on</strong>e-size-fits-all” approach has not beenwork<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g. Hence, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is need to develop a client-segmentedapproach to both behavioural change communicati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>FP service delivery to be able to motivate n<strong>on</strong>-users to useFP; promote <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use am<strong>on</strong>g marriedadolescents to delay <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir first birth; promote c<strong>on</strong>traceptiveuse <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> underserved areas, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g urban slums; <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use of l<strong>on</strong>ger-act<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> permanent methods; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>motivate, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> provide methods of choice to, those withunmet need <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> those who <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tend to practise FP <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>future.Over two fifths of eligible couples <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bangladesh are notpractis<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong>. The priority target groups<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clude married adolescents; women aged 35 years <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>older; those <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sylhet <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Chittag<strong>on</strong>g divisi<strong>on</strong>s; those <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>urban slums; those with an unmet need for c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong>,<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g those us<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g traditi<strong>on</strong>al methods; n<strong>on</strong>-users who<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tend to practise FP <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> those who could bemotivated to adopt l<strong>on</strong>ger-act<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> permanent methods.It is, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>refore, critical that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> programme undertakeappropriate measures to motivate <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> priority targetgroups to start us<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g FP by adopt<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g a client-segmentedapproach to both behavioural change communicati<strong>on</strong>s<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> FP service delivery. There should be a differentialor segmented approach to both behavioural changecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> service delivery. Priority should begiven to ensur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g that tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed providers are available tooffer good-quality FP services. Efforts should be made tomotivate men to practise male methods, as well as support<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir wives <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> practice of c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> by develop<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gappropriate behavioural change communicati<strong>on</strong> messages<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> campaigns to remove misc<strong>on</strong>cepti<strong>on</strong>s about malemethods; orient<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g staff <strong>on</strong> male <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>volvement<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> RH <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> FP services; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> provid<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g services for malesat health centres, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g mobile satellite cl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ics (forexample, see Ashraf et al., 1999). Major emphasis shouldbe given to implement <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2006 Adolescent ReproductiveHealth Strategy <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2008 Nati<strong>on</strong>al Communicati<strong>on</strong>Strategy for <str<strong>on</strong>g>Family</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Reproductive Health,with due emphasis given to: (a) sensitiz<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g policymakers<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong> as a whole to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> dangers of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>grow<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g populati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> need for smaller family sizes;(b) address<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> reduc<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g high-risk pregnancies; (c)c<strong>on</strong>duct<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tensive behavioural change communicati<strong>on</strong>campaigns <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> low-perform<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g areas, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g urban slums;(d) motivat<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g traditi<strong>on</strong>al method users to switch to moreeffective methods of c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong>; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> (e) motivat<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gusers of temporary methods to use more effective methodsof c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong>, especially l<strong>on</strong>ger-act<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> permanentmethods am<strong>on</strong>g older clients (see also Alaudd<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> et al.,2010).Need to improve access to, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>quality of, family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g servicesIn view of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> high disc<strong>on</strong>t<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>uati<strong>on</strong> rate of c<strong>on</strong>traceptiveuse, it is essential to improve <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> access to, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> qualityof, FP services. By provid<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g good-quality services, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>programme can take advantage of satisfied clients <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>additi<strong>on</strong> to fieldworkers <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> order to advocate for FPmethods am<strong>on</strong>g n<strong>on</strong>-users. It is also imperative thatcouples have access to good-quality FP services. Effortsshould be made to: (a) ensure that tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed providers areavailable to offer good-quality FP services; (b) <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>number of follow-up visits to improve <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>t<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>uati<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> effectiveness rates of commodity-based methods; (c)provide better counsel<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <strong>on</strong> side effects; (d) provide anappropriate mix of methods for spac<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> limit<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g births;(e) improve delivery of FP as part of post-aborti<strong>on</strong> care;<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> (vi) ensure that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is no stock-out of FP methods.Public-private partnerships should be streng<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ned totake advantage of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> exist<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g private sector networks <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> distributi<strong>on</strong>/sales of c<strong>on</strong>traceptives, successful supplycha<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>systems, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> well-tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed providers.Need to streng<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n service deliveryCurrently, exist<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g health-care facilities are underutilized,<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is a lack of adequately tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed pers<strong>on</strong>nel, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> prioritysegments of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong> are neglected. To improve <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>current FP programme <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> achieve <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> desired CPR, it iscritical that service delivery be streng<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ned adequately.Efforts should be made to: (a) maximize <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use of exist<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gtra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed pers<strong>on</strong>nel, health-care facilities, equipment<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> services for promoti<strong>on</strong> of FP methods, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gl<strong>on</strong>ger-act<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> permanent methods; (b) give adequateemphasis to various priority segments of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong>;(c) remove <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ternal c<strong>on</strong>flicts between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> medical <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>n<strong>on</strong>-medical pers<strong>on</strong>nel with<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> DGFP; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> (d) ensurebetter coord<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> l<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>kages between DGFP <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>DGHS. The latter two measures are critical for revers<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g trend <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relative share of l<strong>on</strong>ger-act<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> permanent methods, as well as rais<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> overallCPR <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> country. Also, MOHFW should work <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> closecollaborati<strong>on</strong> with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> M<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>istry of Local Government, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>Urban Primary Health Care Project, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bangladesh RuralAdvancement Committee <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> SMC <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> extend<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g servicedelivery <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> urban slums.118

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