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Strategies used by facilities in Uganda to integrate family planning into HIV care: what works and what doesn't.
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Family MedicineHealthcare ProvisionHumanitarian HealthReproductive Health CounselingFamily StrengtheningFamily PlanningContraceptionPrimary CarePublic HealthHealth Services ResearchCare DeliverySexual And Reproductive HealthPublic Health InterventionPregnancy PreventionUmoh QualityHealth PolicyCouples ProtectionMaternal Health PolicyHivHealth Care DeliveryHealth SystemsSexual HealthHealthcare AccessTreatment And PreventionChild Health PolicyMedicineHiv Care
Family planning (FP) often gets neglected in HIV care, but it is of immense importance in offering individuals and couples protection against unintended pregnancies. To help HIV care clinics improve FP provision for their clients, the Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Health Care Improvement Project initiated FP-HIV Collaborative for 15 sites in Uganda. The UMOH Quality of Care Initiative in HIV Care identified the need to integrate FP to increase the pool of individuals who otherwise may not be reached through traditional FP clinics. The goal of this intervention was to offer FP services as an integral component of HIV prevention, care and treatment services for HIV-positive individuals, with core funding from Maximizing Access and Quality, USAID’s SO1 group. This brief report presents a summary of the changes observed following the quality improvement intervention strategies that the site teams introduced.