Comprehensive Services in Low-Resource Settings

The Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE) attempts to fill the gaps in Ethiopia’s health infrastructure by training and deploying community-based reproductive health agents (CBRHAs), or lay people who offer comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services directly to their communities. CBRHAs are often trained in HIV prevention, family planning and counseling, contraceptive provision, and maternal and child health. Through close contact with the community, they are able to work with pregnant women throughout the entire duration of their pregnancy and educate the family about possible complications. Because they visit the home, women do not have to be concerned about the possible social repercussions of visiting a clinic. CBRHAs can identify women who need post-abortion care or other emergency medical needs.

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Source0Emergency contraception (EC) is not distributed by USAID.

Source340 millionEach year there are 340 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs).