Expanding Contraceptive Options
Family planning need to be accessible geographically (so that they are easy to reach for everybody who needs them), financially (so that they are affordable for everybody) and socially (they should be open to everybody, regardless of age, sex or marital status and should provide confidentiality and privacy) effective and safe (that the user gets ultimate benefit and the method does not bring harm to their health).
Availability of a wide range of accessible services and of different contraceptive methods is one of the signs of a good quality family planning service.
- Service providers should possess enough skills to provide available methods in an efficient way
- Service providers need to be able to inform about all available methods.
- Services should be customer oriented therefore provide confidentiality and privacy
- Referrals mechanism for contraceptive are part of quality family planning services
- Contraceptives should be always available in health services. See "HIV/AIDS prevention and family planning programmes: Let's talk about condoms!".
- Condoms and contraceptive pills should also be available from community based distributors and pharmacies
- A sufficient number of health facilities should be equipped to offer surgical contraception and implants TGPSH supports all of those aspects of quality reproductive health services through trainings and workshops, development of material and support to logistics and equipment issues.
A series of leaflets has been developed in both languages.
1. Emergency Contraception Client leaflet (Eng) /Njia ya Dharura ya kuzuia mimba (Kis)
2. Oral contraceptives leaflet for adolescents(Eng) / Njia za Uzazi wa Mpango kwa Vijana (Kis)