The High Impact Practices (HIPs) are a set of evidence-based family planning practices vetted by global experts against specific criteria and documented in an easy-to-use format.
HIPs are identified based on demonstrated magnitude of impact on contraceptive use and potential application in a wide range of settings. Evidence of replicability, scalability, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness are also considered.
HIPs are categorized as Service Delivery, Social and Behavior Change, or Enabling Environment.
In early 2020, the WHO/IBP Network and Knowledge SUCCESS Project launched an effort to support organizations to share their experiences using High Impact Practices (HIPs) and WHO Guidelines and Tools in Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programming. The initial call for concepts led to over 100 submissions from more than 30 countries.
In June 2020, we selected the winners—15 organizations and authors received a stipend to document and tell their story in their own words and with their own images. Authors were encouraged to highlight the successes, challenges, and lessons learned implementing High Impact Practices in Family Planning and using WHO Guidelines and Tools in country-level programs.
Stories cover a range of topics from clinical service delivery to community engagement and showcase interventions in urban areas, rural and hard to reach places, and humanitarian settings. In addition, stories reflect work with a diversity of communities including men and boys, people with disabilities, youth and adolescents, and indigenous populations.
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