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Injectable Contraceptives Toolkit
Up-to-date evidence, best practices and related resources to Injectable Contraceptives
Resources for Trainers
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As demand for injectable contraceptives increases, programs need more health care workers who can provide this method. Trainers can structure trainings based on specific program needs. Training topics for resources listed here include providing injectables, giving safe injections, and managing waste.
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- Training to Meet Demand
[from "Expanding Services for Injectables," Population Reports issue K-6]
Description: As demand for injectables rises, more health care providers need the skills to offer injectable contraceptives. Reviews how training can be adapted to suit program needs. - Comprehensive Family Planning and Reproductive Health Training Curriculum Module 6: DMPA Injectable Contraceptive
(Spanish)[Pathfinder International]
Description: An adaptable module to train providers in the safe provision of DMPA in a clinic or community-based service delivery setting. Includes information on mechanism of action, effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages, indications for use and eligibility criteria for the use of DMPA. -
Expanding Services for Injectable Contraceptives PowerPoint Presentation
[based on "Expanding Services for Injectables," Population Reports issue K-6]Description: Thirty-eight slides covering topics including worldwide use of injectables, logistics, training, safe injections, waste disposal, community distribution, efficiency, and communication.
- Comprehensive Family Planning and Reproductive Health Training Curriculum Module 6: Infection Prevention (French) (Spanish) (Portuguese) [Pathfinder International]
Description: Prepares providers to practice appropriate infection prevention procedures in order to reduce the risk of disease transmission during the provision of reproductive health services. Includes information on protective barriers such as handwashing, gloving and skin preparation as well as the processing of instruments and gloves.
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Description: This course is designed to help health care providers, supervisors of health care facilities, medical students, and nursing students strengthen infection prevention practices in low-resource settings.
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Individual Chapters:Guide for Facilitation (part 1 of 4)Guide for Training Injection Providers (part 2 of 4)Guide for Training Waste Handlers (part 3 of 4)Resources (part 4 of 4)Description: A set of training modules designed to be adapted for use in various health care settings to train workers to improve injection safety practices at the primary-care level. Topics include: hazards associated with sharps waste; proper practices for disposing of sharps waste; roles and responsibilities for managing sharps waste.
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