Projects

I. Commodities Security and Logistics

1. Central Contraceptive Procurement (1990 – 2018)
   Purpose: To provide an efficient mechanism for consolidated USAID purchases of contraceptives, including condoms, essential medicines, diagnostics, and other health supplies, based on the transfer of all funds from USAID accounts that support contraceptive procurement to a single central procurement account at the beginning of each operational year. Central Contraceptive Procurement (CCP) also administers the Commodity Fund, which serves HIV/AIDS prevention activities worldwide.
   
   
2. USAID | DELIVER (September 2006 – September 2011)
   Purpose: The USAID | DELIVER Project is a five year, worldwide project to design, develop, strengthen, and upon request, operate safe, reliable and sustainable supply systems that provide a range of affordable, quality essential health commodities including drugs, diagnostics, contraceptives and supplies to clients in country programs. The project will improve the availability of essential health supplies in public and private services by strengthening country supply systems, collaborating with global and regional partners for long-term availability of supplies, and improving USAID’s provision of supplies to country programs.

II. Policy, Evaluation, and Communications

1. BALANCED Project (September 2008 – September 2013)
   Purpose: The Building Actors and Leaders for Advancing Community Excellence in Development (BALANCED) project is a five year cooperative agreement. The BALANCED project’s overall objective is to advance and support wider use of effective Population, Health, Environment (PHE) approaches worldwide.
   
   
2. Communication for Change (C-Change) (September 2007 – September 2012)
   Purpose: Agency-wide programming in the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavior change communication (BCC) programming to influence the social determinants of behavior including social norms and social networks. The Leader Agreement is for programming in health: family planning, HIV and AIDS, malaria, child health, maternal health, and infectious diseases. BCC and social change programming in environment, democracy and governance and other areas can be undertaken through Associate Awards. C-Change provides the opportunity for stakeholders in diverse sectors to work collaboratively to address underlying factors, or social and economic determinants, that may cut across development areas such as poverty, gender, access to basic services, and culture.
   

3. Knowledge for Health (K4H) (September 2008 – September 2013)
   Purpose: K4H is a world-wide knowledge exchange and use project. Its goal is to improve the provision of family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) and other health services in developing countries using proven knowledge management approaches. The project's purpose is to transfer knowledge to health care decision-makers and program managers in developing countries-people whose actions affect service provision and actual providers of services-that enables them to improve their performance.
   
   
4. MEASURE|US Census Bureau (September 2008 – September 2012)
   Purpose: The MEASURE Program is a coordinated effort to improve the collection, analysis and presentation of data for use in planning, policymaking, managing, monitoring and evaluating population health and nutrition programs. The agreement with the Census Bureau seeks to strengthen the capability of statistical offices in developing countries to collect, analyze, disseminate and use data to increase understanding of population structure and demographic trends and their implications for development planning and policy making.
   
   
5. MEASURE CDC|Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) (September 2008 – September 2011)
   Purpose: The Measure program is a coordinated effort to improve the collection, analysis, and presentation of data for use in population, health, and nutrition programs. MEASURE CDC/DRH seeks to improve the technical capacity of local institutions to collect, analyze, and disseminate family planning and reproductive health (RH) information and increase the availability of RH data, analyses, methods, and tools.
   
   
6. MEASURE Evaluation III PRH Associate Award (January 2009 – January 2014)
   Purpose: MEASURE Evaluation Phase III continues the MEASURE program's ten year initiative to improve the collection, analysis, and presentation of data to promote better use in planning, policymaking, managing, monitoring and evaluating of population, health, and nutrition programs. In line with the MEASURE Evaluation Phase III Leader, the objective of the MEASURE Evaluation Phase III Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) Associate Award is to ensure optimal demand for and analysis of FP/RH data, and the appropriate use of such information to measure performance and to inform FP/RH interventions and policies. The program aims to accomplish this by achieving the following three results: (1) increased collaboration and coordination in efforts to obtain and communicate FP/RH data in areas of mutual interest; (2) improved design and implementation of M&E frameworks and information gathering processes including tools, methodologies, and technical guidance to meet users' needs; and (3) timely and topical analyses done for improved understanding of FP/RH dynamics and evidence-based decision making.
   
   
7. MEASURE Phase III, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (September 2008 – September 2013)
   Purpose: The purpose of MEASURE Phase III DHS is to improve the collection, analysis and presentation of data and promote better use in planning, policymaking, managing, monitoring and evaluating population, health and nutrition programs. The project seeks to increase understanding of a wide range of health issues by improving the quality and availability of data on health status and services and enhancing the ability of local organizations to collect, analyze and disseminate such information.
   
   
8. Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Alliance (September 2008 – September 2011)
   Purpose: The Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Alliance is a Global Development Alliance (GDA) between USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health and Johnson & Johnson to fund World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to promote sustainable biodiversity conservation and population and health outcomes using integrated evidence-based population-health-environment approaches. The PHE Alliance will implement integrated population, health and natural resources management activities in Nepal, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Based on the best practices that emerge from these country activities, WWF will also document and disseminate successful PHE approaches worldwide among key target audiences to leverage expansion of the PHE approach at larger geographic scales.
   
   
9. The Health, Environment, Livelihoods, Population and Security (HELPS) Project (2010 – 2015)
   Purpose: This project will work to increase support among decision-makers for effective population policies and programs by expanding dialogue and disseminating information on population's multiple links to environment, global health, development and security. This will be accomplished in two ways: 1) Instigating practical dialogues about population topics and their links to environment, health, development, and security among researchers, implementers, decisionmakers and the media; and 2) Synthesizing and disseminating information, analysis, and lessons learned on population's link to environment, health, development and security in multiple formats to relevant policy and practice audiences.
   
   
10. Studies in Security, Population, Health and Environmental Relationships (SSPHERe) (January 2006 – June 2011)
    Purpose: The project facilitates dialogue; disseminates research and information; and shares best practices among policymakers, academics, donors, and field implementers/practitioners on critical linkages between human population dynamics, health, environmental change and global security, and the influence of these factors on peace and prosperity, and social and economic progress in the developing world.
    
    
11. Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Technology Research and Utilization (CRTU) (April 2005 – April 2011)
    Purpose: To develop, evaluate, and introduce a range of safe, effective, and acceptable contraceptive and HIV/AIDS prevention technologies (e.g., microbicides and barrier methods) and other reproductive health (RH) technologies and to enhance the capacity of family planning (FP) and RH programs in developing countries to provide these technologies.
    
    
12. Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD - PPRD) (August 2008 – August 2013)
    Purpose: To improve reproductive health in developing countries by reducing HIV/AIDS transmission through the development of new, safe, and effective microbicides.
    
    
13. Health Policy Project (HPP) (September 2010 – September 2015)
    The Health Policy Project is a five-year cooperative agreement that aims to strengthen developing country national and sub-national policy, advocacy, and governance for strategic, equitable, and sustainable health programming. Its purpose is to build individual and institutional capacity, institutionalize achievements of past investments, and promote country ownership of programs and initiatives through evidence-informed policy and advocacy. The project supports the objectives of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief II (PEPFAR II), health systems strengthening, and program integration. HPP will help USG country teams and national counterparts translate GHI goals into policies, plans, and actions, and will directly support GHI implementation by strengthening in-country capacity for policy and governance, financing, leadership and advocacy, multi-sectoral coordination, use of data for decision-making, and promoting country ownership of programs and initiatives. HPP also will support capacity development to address gender-, socioeconomic-, and stigma-based inequitable access to health services and to improve measurement of policy impacts on health outcomes.
    • MEASURE|US Census Bureau  
      
    • MEASURE CDC|Division of Reproductive Health (DRH)
    • MEASURE Evaluation III PRH Associate Award
    • MEASURE Phase III, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
    • Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Alliance
    • Health, Environment, Livelihoods, Population, and Security (HELPS) Project
    • Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Technology Research and Utilization (CRTU)
    • Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD-PPRD)

III. Research, Technology, and Utilization

1. Preventive Technologies Agreement (PTA) (August 2009 – August 2014)
   Purpose: To develop, evaluate, and introduce a range of safe, effective, and acceptable HIV/AIDS prevention technologies (e.g., microbicides and barrier methods) and other reproductive health technologies and to enhance the capacity of field programs to provide services to populations at high risk.
   
   
2. Biodegradable Contraceptive Implants (October 2010 – October 2015)
   Purpose: This five-year project will focus on furthering the development of biodegradable contraceptive implants with a one-to-two year duration of action.  If proven to be safe, effective and acceptable, the inclusion of biodegradable implants would expand FP options by being easier to provide, filling the duration of effectiveness gap between injectables (3 mos) and standard implants (5 yrs), and negating the need for removal (unless so wished by the user).
   
   
3. Combination Contraceptive and Anti-HIV Vaginal Ring (October 2010 – October 2015)
   Purpose: This five-year project will focus on the development of a vaginal ring that combines the recently-proven HIV prevention drug, tenofovir, with the hormonal contraceptive, LNG.  If shown to be safe, effective and acceptable, this combination ring would confer protection against HIV while delivering a highly effective contraceptive method, thus filling two RH needs in one product.
   
   
4. Facilitating Regulatory Pathways for Approval of Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (October 2010 – October 2015) 
   Purpose: This three-year project will support collaboration with the US FDA and other stringent regulatory authorities to develop appropriate strategies and testing algorithms for the expedited approval of multipurpose prevention technologies, foster the hybridized approval of products that fall across two regulatory domains (e.g., devices and drugs), and identify gap-filling preclinical and bridging studies deemed necessary for eventual approval of a multipurpose prevention technology. 
   
   
5. Building an evidence base of effective programs that increase the age at marriage in sub-Saharan Africa (October 2010 – October 2015). 
   Purpose: The Population Council has been awarded this project to be implemented potentially in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Building on past successes and bringing together lessons learned from different settings, the Population Council will systematically test a combination of interventions to delay marriage, and track associated program costs with a view to scale-up. Interventions will include community education, programs to build the educational and economic assets of girls, and direct incentives. Baseline and endline surveys will measure impact of the programs on the age at marriage and the ongoing documentation will monitor program participation and cost. An important element is the team building with local partners, engaging local governmental and nongovernmental partners as well as promoting south-to-south exchanges and capacity building. The development of a clear evidence base and costing data will be supporting research utilization and scaling up of proven approaches. The Principal Investigator on this award is Dr. Annabel Erulkar.
   
   
6. IMPACCT - Impact on Marriage: Program Assessment of Conditional Cash Transfers (October 2010 – October 2015) 
   Purpose: ICRW has been awarded this project to understand the implementation and impact of a specific cash transfer program to raise age of marriage in Haryana, India. This Government program was started about 16 years ago where parents of new born girls were give a bond to cash in when the girl turns 18 years of age and is still unmarried. Several other such programs have since begun in India. The Haryana program is the first to come to maturity in a couple of years and presents a unique opportunity to do a large scale research study to assess its implementation and impact. The project director is Priya Nanda and Senior Advisor is Dr. Anju Malhotra.
   
   
7. The Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FAM) Project (September 2007 – September 2012)
   Purpose: To improve contraceptive choices by expanding access to fertility awareness-based methods (FAMs), the Standard Days Method (SDM), the TwoDay Method (TDM) and the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM), in developing countries. This activity addresses the needs of women and men who want to use a FAM to avoid pregnancy but lack the information and skills to use them effectively.
   
   
8. Preventive Technologies Agreement (PTA) (August 2009 – August 2014)
   Purpose: To develop, evaluate, and introduce a range of safe, effective, and acceptable HIV/AIDS prevention technologies (e.g., microbicides and barrier methods) and other reproductive health technologies and to enhance the capacity of field programs to provide services to populations at high risk.
   
   
9. Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) (June 2008 – June 2013)
   Purpose: To increase access to and quality of family planning services through:
• Program research to test innovative service delivery approaches
• Research-to-practice activities -Institutional capacity development to use and conduct research and
• Expanding access to improved or new contraceptive methods.

IV. Service Delivery Improvement

1. Grant Solicitation and Management (GSM) (September 2004 – September 2012)
   Purpose: The Grant Solicitation and Management (GSM) project will efficiently channel USAID funds to an individual grant or to a grants program targeting PVOs/NGOs and their partners.
   
   
2. Responding to the Need for Family Planning through Expanded Contraceptive Choices and Program Services (RESPOND) (September 2008 – September 2013)
   Purpose: To increase the use of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) services, with a focus on the informed and voluntary use of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPMs) of contraception.
   
   
3. Extending Service Delivery (ESD) for Reproductive Health and Family Planning (September 2005 – October 2010)
   Purpose: The purpose of the Capacity Project is to strengthen the human resources needed to implement quality health programs. It is a cross-cutting project that can address the human capacity needs of reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, child survival, maternal health and infectious disease programs. As such, it is eligible for funding from all directives under the Child Survival and Health Account, including HIV/AIDS funding (coordinated by O/GAC).
   
   
4. Leadership, Management and Sustainability (LMS) (September 2005 – August 2010)
   Purpose: The Leadership, Management & Sustainability (LMS) Project is designed to improve sustainable service delivery results in the areas of reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease, and maternal and child health through programs in leadership, management, and organizational capacity development.
   
   
5. CapacityPlus (September 2009 – 2014)
   Purpose: Capacity Plus will strengthen the human resources needed to implement quality health programs.
   
   
6. Addressing Unmet Need for Family Planning in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Programs (ACCESS-FP) (September 2005 – September 2010)
   Purpose: The ACCESS-FP Program is a five-year world-wide cooperative agreement with the goal of responding to the significant unmet need for family planning among postpartum women. As an Associate Award through the ACCESS Program, USAID's flagship maternal and newborn health program, ACCESS-FP is implemented by Jhpiego, in partnership with Save the Children, the Futures Group, the Academy for Educational Development, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and Interchurch Medical Assistance. ACCESS-FP will also collaborate with the Frontiers in Reproductive Health Project to jointly implement operations research studies to strengthen access to postpartum family planning services.
   
   
7. Sustainability, Leadership, Management and Governance
   
   
8. Global Development Alliance
   
   
9. Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS)
   
   
10. Bayer Schering Pharma (BSP) Collaborative Agreement BSP (October 2010 – October 2015)
    Purpose: This project will seek to create a permanent market niche for Microgynon Fe as commerical product. As such, Microgynon Fe will have a price point above the social marketing and public sector level and below commercial prices, thus insuring its sustainability beyond USAID funding.

11. Support for International Family Planning Organizations (SIFPO) Annual Program Statement (APS). (October 2010 – October 2015)
    Purpose: The purpose of these awards is to increase the use of family planning services  globally through strengthening selected international family planning organizations that have a global reach and an extensive, multicountry network of family planning clinics, in order to achieve maximum program impact and synergies.

View more information about these projects in the PRH Project Directory from the Users’ Guide [PDF, 144KB].