Elements of Family Planning Success

This case study documents CARE’s Extra Mile Initiative that brought education and family planning services to remote communes in Madagascar located in conservation zones that were threatened by the growing population (English version).

This case study highlights the development of a right-based approach to health in a rural and indigenous region of Peru (Spanish version).

This case study highlights the development of a right-based approach to health in a rural and indigenous region of Peru (English version).

Willingness to Pay (WTP) surveys are increasingly being used in reproductive health programs to predict the impact of price changes on revenues, utilization and client profile. The Clinical Services Improvement (CSI) project wanted to use a WTP survey to measure client reaction to price increases for selected services. CSI also was interested in knowing whether the actual behavior of clients matched their predicted behavior in the WTP survey.

The Chhetrapati Family Welfare Center (CFWC) provided comprehensive family planning and maternal and child health (MCH) services during morning hours. Because no services were provided in the afternoon hours, full-time staff was not fully utilized. An operations research study was initiated with financial and technical assistance from the FRONTIERS Program to examine whether introducing an afternoon clinic at the CFWC with a substantially higher registration fee could improve cost recovery by adding more to program revenues than to program costs.