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Advance Africa is a family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) service delivery project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Advance Africa responds to the continuing need to strengthen FP/RH services in sub-Saharan Africa by offering high-quality services to a broad range of client groups with different reproductive health needs.
Advance Africa works with USAID Missions to scale up existing efforts by closing gaps in service delivery and by building partnerships among public and private health and non-health organizations. We implement family planning initiatives within the broad context of Africa’s HIV/AIDS pandemic. Advance Africa is working with USAID to find the most effective strategies for integrating FP/RH and HIV/AIDS interventions. We are a flexible, comprehensive project able to offer a broad range of state-of-the-art FP/RH expertise and a solid understanding of the African setting.
Our principal strengths are our diverse staff and our ability to draw upon the assets of the Advance Africa consortium partners, which include Management Sciences for Health, Family Health International, the Centre for African Family Studies, the Forum for African Women Educationalists, the Academy for Educational Development, and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Our work in Benin
Benin faces a great challenge in promoting contraceptive usage. According to the results of the 1996 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Benin had a 2.5% modern contraceptive utilization rate. As a step toward improving overall reproductive health in the country, USAID signed an agreement in 1997 to assist the government of Benin in increasing the utilization of family health services.
The Benin Integrated Family Health Program (Promotion Integrée de Santé Familiale, or PROSAF) was initiated in one of the northernmost regions of Benin, the Borgou province. In addition to PROSAF, other projects and agencies have worked to improve family health in the region, including AIDSMark (Population Services International), the PRIME II Project (International Training in Health, or INTRAH), DELIVER, JHPIEGO, CARE, and the Policy Project. Preliminary results from the 2001 DHS demonstrate that the contraceptive utilization rate had risen to 7.4% overall and to 8.3% in Borgou. The region has also made remarkable progress in improving overall health.
USAID/Benin invited Advance Africa to examine family planning activities in Benin, with a focus on determining how the national program could be strengthened. In particular, we were asked to assess USAID activities in family planning in Benin, particularly in the Borgou region, to determine what lessons had been learned that might be helpful in strengthening the national program. It was agreed that a Strategic Mapping activity would be undertaken.
Advance Africa works with USAID Missions to scale up existing efforts by closing gaps in service delivery and by building partnerships among public and private health and non-health organizations. We implement family planning initiatives within the broad context of Africa’s HIV/AIDS pandemic. Advance Africa is working with USAID to find the most effective strategies for integrating FP/RH and HIV/AIDS interventions. We are a flexible, comprehensive project able to offer a broad range of state-of-the-art FP/RH expertise and a solid understanding of the African setting.
Our principal strengths are our diverse staff and our ability to draw upon the assets of the Advance Africa consortium partners, which include Management Sciences for Health, Family Health International, the Centre for African Family Studies, the Forum for African Women Educationalists, the Academy for Educational Development, and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Our work in Benin
Benin faces a great challenge in promoting contraceptive usage. According to the results of the 1996 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Benin had a 2.5% modern contraceptive utilization rate. As a step toward improving overall reproductive health in the country, USAID signed an agreement in 1997 to assist the government of Benin in increasing the utilization of family health services.
The Benin Integrated Family Health Program (Promotion Integrée de Santé Familiale, or PROSAF) was initiated in one of the northernmost regions of Benin, the Borgou province. In addition to PROSAF, other projects and agencies have worked to improve family health in the region, including AIDSMark (Population Services International), the PRIME II Project (International Training in Health, or INTRAH), DELIVER, JHPIEGO, CARE, and the Policy Project. Preliminary results from the 2001 DHS demonstrate that the contraceptive utilization rate had risen to 7.4% overall and to 8.3% in Borgou. The region has also made remarkable progress in improving overall health.
USAID/Benin invited Advance Africa to examine family planning activities in Benin, with a focus on determining how the national program could be strengthened. In particular, we were asked to assess USAID activities in family planning in Benin, particularly in the Borgou region, to determine what lessons had been learned that might be helpful in strengthening the national program. It was agreed that a Strategic Mapping activity would be undertaken.
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