Futures Group and the Health Policy Project (HPP) invite you to join our presentations and panel discussions at the International Conference on Family Planning on November 29 - December 2, 2011 in Dakar, Senegal.

Below is a schedule of presentations by Futures Group staff and our in-country partners and collaborators. We would like to acknowledge our project funders, especially the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Hewlett Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Futures Group projects noted in parentheses ( ). All authors from Futures Group unless otherwise noted.
 
Wednesday, November 30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
9:30 - 11:00 am

“Developing a Family Planning Strategy with a Focus on Equitable Services for the Poor in Jharkhand, India”
(HPP and ITAP)
Nimisha Goel, Himani Sethi, AA Jayachandran, and Suneeta Sharma
Room: C05 - Session ID: 1.1.04

“Integration of Total Fertility and Population Growth Rate Reduction Targets in the Tanzania Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper”
(HPI/Tanzania)
Gregory Kamugisha
Room: C05 - Session ID: 1.1.04

“Is There Any Effect of Health Workers’ Visits on Women’s Contraceptive Use in Uttar Pradesh, India?”
(ITAP)
AA Jayachandran, Ajay Misra, Rajib Ranjan, Ashish Mishra, and Saurabh Singh
Room: C12 - Session ID: 1.1.07

“Scaling Up Proven Public-private Partnership Models to Achieve Family Planning Equity Goals in India”
(ITAP)
Suneeta Sharma
Room: Salon Saint Louis - Session ID: 1.1.12

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

“Determinants of Behaviors of Contraceptive Use: New Directions to Design Strategic Behavior Change Communication”
(ITAP)
Shuvi Sharma, Basil Safi, Kimberly Rook, and Heer Chokshi
Room: C06 - Session ID: 1.2.05

PANEL DISCUSSION
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

“Achieving Equity in Family Planning: Getting Beyond the Rhetoric”
(MEASURE Evaluation PRH Associate Award / ITAP / HPP)

• “Disentangling Poverty and Place of Residence for Family Planning Strategic Planning”
  Karen Foreit
   
• “Increasing Family Planning Resources for the Poor in India”
  Suneeta Sharma
  Room: C106 - Session ID: 1.2.11

Thursday, December 1

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
9:30 - 11:00 am

“Increasing Family Planning Resources by Engaging Members of Parliament in Tanzania”
(HPI/Tanzania)
Gregory Kamugisha
Room: C12 - Session ID: 2.1.07

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

“African Population Prospects and Unmet Need for Family Planning”
(Hewlett Foundation)
Scott Moreland and Ellen Smith
Room: Salon Saint Louis - Session ID: 2.2.12

“Evolution of Social Franchising in Uttar Pradesh: Tapping Rural Providers for Quality Family Planning Services”
(ITAP)
Sanjib Kumar Jha, Savita Chauhan (SIFPSA), and Sharad Agarwal (HLFPPT)
Room: C06 - Session ID: 2.2.05

“Using a Collaborative, Participatory Approach to Develop and Apply a Framework for Measuring Success in Repositioning Family Planning”
(MEASURE Evaluation/HPP)
Nicole Judice
Room Salon Ziguinchor - Session ID: 2.2.13

“What Works to Meet the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living with HIV/AIDS”
(HPP and OSI)
Karen Hardee, Jill Gay (Consultant), and Melanie Croce-Galis (Artemis Global Consulting)
Room: Auditorium - Session ID: 2.2.01

2:00 - 3:30 pm

“Modeling Women-centered Interventions and Family Planning”
(Packard Foundation and HPP)
Scott Moreland, Famory Fofana, and Hannah Fortune-Greeley
Room: B05 - Session ID: 2.3.02

Friday, December 2

PANEL DISCUSSIONS
9:30 - 11:00 am

“Get Me the Data: Strengthening and Using the Evidence Base for Gender Equality and FP/RH Programs"

• “Gender Equity and Health Policy in Afghanistan: Building on Reproductive Health and Rights in the Ministry of Public Health”
  (HSSP)
  Hamrah Khan (Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan), Karen Hardee, Homayoon Ghiasi, Basir Nader, and Meghan Bishop
   
• “Modeling Women-centered Interventions and Family Planning”
  (Packard Foundation and HPP)
  Scott Moreland

Room C05 - Session ID: 3.1.04
"Scaling Up the Community-based Access to Injectable Contraception: Different Paths for Increasing Access"

• “Policy and Advocacy Aspects of CBD of Injectables in Malawi”
  (TASC 3 | Community-based Family Planning & HIV/AIDS Services Project)
  Olive Mtema, Mexon Nyirongo (Management Sciences for Health), and Halida Akhter (Management Sciences for Health)

Room C06 - Session ID: 3.1.05

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
9:30 - 11:00 am

“Closing the GAP: Linking Targets with Resource Requirements in Ethiopia”
(HPP and AFP)
Priya Emmart, Cynthia Green and Senait Tibebu
Room: C12 - Session ID: 3.1.07

“Scaling Up of Vouchers: Improving Access, Equity, and Quality”
(ITAP)
Utpal Das, Ashutosh Kandwal, Asish Mishra, Rajiv Ranjan, and Tanya Liberhan
Room: B12 - Session ID: 3.1.06

“What Works? Understanding Creative Routes and Triggers for Development of Communication for Family Planning in India Based on Formative Assessment and Pretest Findings”
(ITAP)
Heer Chokshi (Johns Hopkins), Shuvi Sharma, Basil Safi (Johns Hopkins), and Kimberly Rook (Johns Hopkins)
Room: Salon Ziguinchor - Session ID: 3.1.13

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

“Decision Analytic Approach to Synthesize Economic Evidence for Family Planning in Developing Countries”
(HPP)
Arin Dutta, Ellen Smith, and CG Hagerty
Room: Salon Ziguinchor - Session ID: 3.2.13

“Financial Resources Required to Achieve the Reproductive Health Millennium Develop Goal (MDG) 5b”
(HPP)
John Stover, Eva Weissman, and John Ross
Room: B12 - Session ID: 3.2.06

“Method Mix and the Injectable: Where is Africa Headed?”
(HPP)
John Ross
Room: C12 - Session ID: 3.2.07

2:00 - 3:30 pm

“Does Demand-side Financing Help in Better Utilization of Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Services? Evidence from Rural Uttar Pradesh, India”
(ITAP)
Ajay Misra, Dr. Santosh, Shuvi Sharma, Saurabh Singh, Suneeta Sharma, and Meenakshi Dikshit (Johns Hopkins)
Room: B12 - Session ID: 3.3.06

“Assessing Policy and Other Barriers to Community-based Access”
(HPP)
Maj-Britt Dohlie and Elizabeth McDavid
Room: C12 - Session ID: 3.3.07

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2:00 - 6:00 pm

“Decentralization in Peru: An Opportunity to Strengthen Family Planning Services”
(HPP)
Maria Rosa Garate, Mary Kincaid, Hannah Fortune-Greeley, Manual Vargas, and Lucy Del Carpio Ancaya (Ministry of Health, Peru)

“Family Planning and Decentralization in the Dominican Republic: Fostering Democratic Processes at the Municipal Level”
(HPP)
Hannah Fortune-Greeley, Maria Rosa Garate, Griselda Lloveras Castera (Consultant), Mary Kincaid, and Jose De Lancer Despradel (Ministry of Public Health, Dominican Republic)

“Introducing Injectable Contraceptives in National Family Planning Program of India: Past, Present, and Future”
(ITAP)
Shuvi Sharma, Utpal Das, Nimisha Goel, and Sanjib Kumar Jha

All Posters in Room: A01 - Poster Session 6

For more information, visit the ICFP 2011 website.