A drug dispenser at a health post in the rural community of Gassane in the Louga region of Senegal is responsible for inventory of medical supplies. Courtesy of Photoshare.
Mix of service delivery points

"We’ve had tremendous success with these initial efforts [community-based distribution of injectables] in Africa. Women have been clamoring for it, and there is good evidence that it has really increased the contraceptive prevalence rate in areas where it is now available. We were very careful to collect information about the safety of the practice in Uganda and Madagascar, and so far it seems that the CBD [workers] can do just as good a job, if they are properly trained, as the nurses."
-Dr. John Stanback

 
Mix of service delivery points emphasizes offering services outside of the clinic setting, to increase access to and acceptability of family planning. This is important particularly in rural areas where health care infrastructure may be weak.

 

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