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R -- COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE A WORLDWIDE FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DUE 040798 POC Contact Point: K. Frascella, via internet: kfrascella@usaid.gov, Tel: 202/712-5977, Fax: 202/216-3052 USAID intends to sign a five-year, non-competitive cooperative agreement with The Johns Hopkins Program for International Education and Training in Reproductive Health (JHPIEGO), affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, for a worldwide family planning/reproductive health training program in developing countries. This agreement will support a comprehensive, worldwide, international reproductive health and family planning (FP/RH) training program affiliated with an American university, to: Support ongoing pre-service medical and paramedical education programs in approximately 30 developing countries to update and modernize the family planning and reproductive health curricula, train master trainers and faculty members; develop and strengthen clinical training sites; and institutionalize FP/RH training for undergraduates, interns, residents and OB/GYN specialists; maintain a collaborating network of OB-GYN Departments of developing country medical schools. Continue to develop the capacity of in-service training programs in 30 countries to train their own health care personnel to deliver quality FP/RH services, especially long-term and clinical methods. JHPIEGO is currently providing financial and/or technical assistance to an average of 62 projects in 29 countries per year. These activities are implemented by a professional staff of more than 100 persons and a pool of over 200 international consultant experts. JHPIEGO has in-country offices in Indonesia, Nepal, Turkey, Kenya, Uganda and Cote d'Ivoire. Provide ongoing technical assistance to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of reproductive health training including appropriate, state-of-the-art: performance-based training, distance learning, computer-assisted learning, community learning centers, on-the-job training, and video conferencing. Continue to provide global leadership in the development and revision of clinical and non-clinical training materials and reference manuals that include up-to-date knowledge and standards in FP/RH, quality of care,improved client-provider interaction, gender issues, STDs, and HIV/AIDS. Also continue to provide global leadership in cross-cutting issues including: client-centered FP/RH services, informed choice and informed consent, post- abortion care, infection prevention, adolescent reproductive health, cervical cancer prevention, essential maternal health care and national capacity building. Assist policy and reproductive health leaders in 30 countries to develop and use national FP/RH service guidelines to maximize access to and quality of family planning and reproductive health services. Evaluate the impact of these guidelines on service access and quality. The guidelines provide standards for provider performance on-the-job and should be utilized in the development of of pre-service and in-service training curricula and at clinical training sites. Demonstrate improvements in provider performance and the quality of reproductive health services through training and selected support activities including: management and supervision, interpersonal communication/counselling, mentoring/coaching, aand improving the enabling environment for training. Evaluate the impact of FP/RH training and education on improved provider behavior and quality of client care. Design and implement special studies and publish technical reports on the effectiveness, efficiency, and cost of pre-service and in-service training. Continue to develop a project monitoring system which includes measures/benchmarks for national capacity building. Provide continued technical assistance to increase the number of international FP/RH leaders, faculty members, trainers and consultants capable of providing training and leadership in FP/RH on a national, regional or global level. (0084)

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