Toolkits

This guide leads program managers and decision-makers through a strategic process to meaningfully engage adolescents, youth, and/or youth-led organizations in sexual and reproductive health programs. It emphasizes inclusive, intentional, and mutually respectful partnerships, promoting the integration of youth perspectives into program design and delivery.

This graphic framework depicts essential elements for a holistic, human rights-based approach to voluntary family planning. It aids in understanding and assessing family planning programs across policy, service delivery, community, and individual levels. Built on FP2020 Rights and Empowerment Principles, it serves as a valuable tool for program assessment and planning.

Created by the FP2020 Rights and Empowerment Working Group, this resource outlines a common understanding of rights principles related to ten dimensions of family planning. It serves as a guiding document to ensure family planning programs align with human rights principles.

Conducted by HP+, this review assesses the usefulness of costed implementation plans (CIPs) for family planning programs in 30 countries. The report provides key insights, lessons learned, and recommendations based on a comprehensive three-step assessment process, offering valuable feedback for program improvement.

The tool is the result of collaboration to integrate knowledge management (KM) into the family planning Costed Implementation Plans (CIPs) of five West African countries—Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. Lessons learned informed the development of this checklist that allows other countries to independently assess the way they, develop, implement, and evaluate their CIPs – and ensure that KM is integrated through the process.

Conducted by HP+, this resource is based on a review of several countries’ CIPs and GFF RMNCAH-N investment cases. It explores how family planning priorities are reflected in these documents and includes stakeholder interviews to understand their involvement in the GFF process. The findings and recommendations in this document provide actionable insights on harmonizing priorities for family planning in the development of both GFF investment cases and CIPs.

A guide to help program managers and staff determine strengths and weaknesses in family planning programs. Grounded in EngenderHealth’s SEED Programming Model™, it comprehensively addresses the three interdependent components of sexual and reproductive health programs: supply, the enabling environment, and demand.

A conceptual framework for health systems strengthening, providing a comprehensive understanding of essential health system building blocks and overall goals. Although not FP-specific, it frames health system considerations crucial for effective family planning.

A framework aiding understanding of the components of rights-based family planning. Accompanied by a program assessment and planning tool, it offers practical guidance for assessing family planning programs through a human rights lens.

A methodology to diagnose inequity in family planning programs, offering a diverse range of disadvantaged subgroups, various programmatic components, and assessments at national and subnational levels. Replicable across countries using HP+’s open-source code.

The Family Planning Market Analyzer combines data from Demographic and Health Surveys with mCPR projections by FP2020. It helps explore TMA scenarios, e.g., the tool can estimate how many more services would be needed if the private sector doubles its role in implant provision. The aim is to facilitate decision-making and inform TMA discussions.

SPARHCS is a tool that helps countries identify and prioritize commodity security issues, evaluate current capacity, and develop strategic plans. It assesses family planning programs in capital, coordination, capacity, commitment, and context. SPARHCS has three models that can be customized and implemented over 3 to 18 months.

This resource maps potential human rights and family planning indicators based on global stakeholder recommendations. It includes a table listing each proposed metric, its corresponding right or principle, its source, and its thematic area in an FP CIP.

WHO guidelines recommend respecting human rights while expanding contraception services. They use health data and human rights laws to complement existing WHO recommendations on reproductive health programs.

HIP Briefs describe impactful family planning practices, while Planning Guides lead program managers through a strategic process. Guides assist in identifying effective and efficient investments tailored to program challenges.

This toolkit collection provides quick access to reliable information on various FP topics. Expert-selected resources were arranged for practical use, including toolkits on community-based access to injectables, healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy, postpartum family planning, and family planning and immunization integration.

A tool for informed family planning planning based on demographic data. Illustrates the relationship between data and potential impact, helping set realistic goals and estimate required resources.

FamPlan Projects family planning requirements to meet national goals. Assists in planning service expansion, evaluating alternative methods, and calculating the cost and number of users of different methods.

This tool uses statistical modeling to estimate annual family planning indicators by considering survey data, service statistics, and historical patterns to produce yearly estimates beyond the last survey and into the future.

This Excel spreadsheet estimates the quantity and cost of contraceptives needed in a country for five years. Assists in validating logistics-based forecasts and testing different procurement scenarios.

The Family Planning and Reproductive Health Indicators Database lists commonly used indicators for evaluating family planning and reproductive health programs in low- and middle-income countries. It provides definitions, data requirements, sources, and purposes for core indicators and links to other websites and documents containing additional indicators.

An Excel-based model estimating the health and economic impacts of family planning in the near term. It focuses on reproductive health and economic metrics, allowing the comparison of policy scenarios.

OneHealth is a tool that assists in developing national strategic health plans for low- and middle-income countries. It analyzes costs and creates financing scenarios for the health system. It provides planners with a single framework that includes planning, costing, impact analysis, and budgeting for all major diseases and health system components. It also contains modules that support health activities related to the MDGs and financial analysis.

This brief presents a case study of a gap analysis conducted for Tanzania’s second national family planning implementation plan. HP+ conducted three annual gap analyses using the Family Planning CIP Costing Tool to assess funding adequacy, including activities in work plans and geographic coverage of funded activities. The findings and recommendations were shared during semi-annual family planning implementer meetings.

This tool empowers countries to strengthen human rights efforts in contraceptive programming. Utilizing commonly used indicators highlights areas of promotion, neglect, or violation of human rights in contraceptive programming. The tool identifies programming and data collection gaps, offering action opportunities within and beyond the health sector.

This online resource provides a sustainable pathway to achieve family planning goals by integrating family planning into health financing schemes. It improves allocation and efficiency, allowing stakeholders to understand health financing concepts related to family planning. The interactive roadmap identifies relevant family planning financing options based on a country’s context, available in English and French.