Family Planning in Asia and the Pacific - International Council on ...

<strong>and</strong> undertake <strong>in</strong> country quality assurancetechnical exchange <strong>and</strong> support to help local <strong>and</strong>generics manufacturers meet <strong>in</strong>ternational st<strong>and</strong>ardsencourage self reliance <strong>and</strong>, where applicable, encouragelocal production of commodities which meet WHOqualifications;streng<strong>the</strong>n logistics management <strong>in</strong>formation systems<strong>and</strong> develop an <strong>in</strong>formation system <strong>and</strong> strategy tocapture data for contraceptive usage <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> for<strong>the</strong> total market.streng<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> distribution of contraceptives toespecially hard-to-reach areas;7. Ensur<strong>in</strong>g an adequate <strong>and</strong>equitably distributed supplyof skilled human resourcesto provide quality familyplann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong>servicestra<strong>in</strong> health programme managers <strong>and</strong> planners on howto utilize relevant data to <strong>in</strong>form policy <strong>and</strong> practicethat affects disadvantaged;undertake tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of staff to enhance <strong>the</strong>ir managementskills, to improve <strong>the</strong>ir effectiveness <strong>and</strong> also enhancetransparency <strong>and</strong> encourage good governance practices;support capacity development of a critical mass ofsusta<strong>in</strong>able human resources to plan, provide <strong>and</strong>monitor:family plann<strong>in</strong>g services,commodity management;ensure that <strong>the</strong> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of all medical <strong>and</strong> healthprofessionals <strong>in</strong>cludes sensitization on attitudes <strong>and</strong>behaviour towards all family plann<strong>in</strong>g clients, so thatclients’ rights to confidential, ethical <strong>and</strong> user-friendlyservices are respected;streng<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> capacity of family plann<strong>in</strong>g motivators<strong>and</strong> educators for reach<strong>in</strong>g underserved groups us<strong>in</strong>g aculturally <strong>and</strong> gender sensitive approach;review <strong>the</strong> curriculum at medical, nurs<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> midwiferytra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitutions to <strong>in</strong>tegrate family plann<strong>in</strong>g as acompulsory element of <strong>the</strong> curriculum;provide appropriate tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g courses, manuals <strong>and</strong>demonstration kits for premarital counsellors.promote task shift<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> use of tra<strong>in</strong>ed non-medicalpersonnel to provide family plann<strong>in</strong>g services to areaswhere certified medical personnel are not available.,ensure equal distribution of family plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> healthpersonnel to all areas, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> hard-to-reach areas,<strong>and</strong> provide <strong>in</strong>centives to family plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> healthpersonnel work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> hard-to-reach areas.sensitise providers about gender disparities <strong>and</strong> women'srights <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> area of contraception.8. Streng<strong>the</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g partnerships<strong>and</strong> collaboration withstakeholders, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>gwomen’s groups, youthorganization <strong>and</strong> whenappropriate with <strong>in</strong>digenousgroup <strong>and</strong> religious leaders,for mak<strong>in</strong>g family plann<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> servicesavailable, accessible,acceptable <strong>and</strong> affordable toalldevelop/streng<strong>the</strong>n national <strong>and</strong> sub-nationalmechanisms for coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g organisations work<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong> family plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> reproductive health commoditysecurity;support <strong>the</strong> development <strong>and</strong> implementation ofpolicies <strong>and</strong>/or strategies conducive to private-publicpartnerships that meet <strong>the</strong> needs of disadvantagedgroups, particularly <strong>the</strong> poor <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> young. Theprivate sector participation will be with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> context ofcorporate social responsibility.encourage non-governmental organisations <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>private sector to participate fully <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g access tofamily plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation, services <strong>and</strong> commoditiesby provid<strong>in</strong>g services particularly <strong>in</strong> areas of comparativeadvantage;engage <strong>in</strong> South South Cooperation <strong>and</strong> North SouthCooperation for build<strong>in</strong>g systems <strong>and</strong> capacity <strong>in</strong>family plann<strong>in</strong>g advocacy, with knowledge shar<strong>in</strong>gof lesson learned <strong>and</strong> best practices management <strong>and</strong>service delivery <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> region, particularly for reach<strong>in</strong>gunderserved <strong>and</strong> those with greatest needs;streng<strong>the</strong>n partnerships with organisations for<strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g or fur<strong>the</strong>r streng<strong>the</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g social market<strong>in</strong>gof family plann<strong>in</strong>g methods promotion, especially forunderserved groups;streng<strong>the</strong>n public <strong>and</strong> private sector partnership formonitor<strong>in</strong>g supply cha<strong>in</strong> management <strong>and</strong> usage of allfamily plann<strong>in</strong>g commodities;engage, sensitize, groom <strong>and</strong> develop l<strong>in</strong>kages withmedia as partners;8