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. 2017 Dec 28;5(4):592–602. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00215

TABLE 2.

Contraceptive Services Provided to Clients by HEWs During and After Training, and by Nurses and Doctors through Back-Up and Outreach Servicesa

No. (%) of Service Visits Served by HEWs
No. (%) of Service Visits Served by Other Health Care Providers
Total No. (%) of Service Visits
During Training Sessionsb With Post-Training Supplies Provided to HEWsc With Gap-Filling Supply Support to Health Posts After Post-Training Supplies Exhaustedc During Back-Up Servicesd During Implant Removal Service Support at Health Centerse During Outreach Implant Removal Service Supportf
Jul 2009 to Dec 2015 Jul 2009 to Dec 2015 Sep 2011 to Dec 2015 Sep 2011 to Dec 2015 Sep 2011 to Aug 2012 Sep 2011 to Aug 2012 Jul 2009 to Dec 2015
Total service visits 82,702 (100.0) 446,010 735,000 89,177 (100.0) 20,498 (100.0) 8,931 (100.0) 1,382,318 (100.0)
LARC insertions 67,662 (81.8) 446,010 735,000 35,414 (39.7) 1284086 (92.9)
Implanon insertions 63,989 (77.4) 446,010 735,000 28,991 (32.5) 1,273,990 (92.2)
Jadelle insertions 3,590 (4.3) 4,321 (4.8) 7,911 (0.6)
IUD insertions 83 (0.1) 2,102 (2.4) 2,185 (0.2)
Short-acting methods 12,320 (14.9) 32,716 (36.7) 45036 (3.3)
Depo-Provera injectables 10,214 (12.4) 25,231 (28.3) 35,445 (2.6)
Oral contraceptive pillsg 2,106 (2.5) 4,950 (5.6) 7,056 (0.5)
Condoms 2,535 (2.8) 2,535 (0.2)
LARC removals 2,720 (3.3) 21,047 (23.6) 20,498 (100.0) 8,931 (100.0) 53,196 (3.8)
Implanon removals 1,163 (1.4) 17,302 (19.4) 14,389 (70.2) 4,321 (48.4) 37,175 (2.7)
Jadelle removals 191 (0.2) 1,461 (1.6) 2,637 (12.9) 686 (7.7) 4,975 (0.4)
IUD removals 23 (0.03) 75 (0.1) 98 (0.01)
Norplant removals 1,343 (1.6) 2,209 (2.5) 3,472 (16.9) 3,924 (43.9) 10,948 (0.8)

Abbreviations: HEW, Health Extension Worker; IFHP, Integrated Family Health Program; IUD, intrauterine device; LARC, long-acting reversible contraceptive; TOT, training of trainers.

a

Data for the different program activities in the table were collected at different points during the program period; this table does not include insertions performed by doctors and nurses at the health center level.

b

Includes both TOT and rollout training sessions.

c

Post-training supplies were provided to HEWs to allow them to provide immediate services and gap-filling supply support was provided to health posts after post-training supplies were exhausted. HEWs also provided other contraceptive services to clients post-training, but these data are not included in this table.

d

IFHP supported regular back-up services, whereby doctors and nurses from health centers traveled to health posts to offer removal services for LARC clients.

e

In addition to doctors and nurses traveling from the health centers to health posts to offer removal services, the doctors and nurses also provided removal services at the health centers.

f

IFHP mobile teams traveled to woredas outside the project catchment area to serve women in need of implant removals.

g

Includes both combined oral contraceptive pills and progestin-only pills.