Topics: Community health workers, Family planning, Program evaluation, Reproductive Health

Region and Country: Afghanistan

This case study details the “Accelerating Contraceptive Use Project” managed by MSH in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2006. Through the project, four Afghan NGOs, MSH and the Ministry of Public Health worked with CHWs to promote various contraceptive methods for birth spacing. Three components helped the project achieve success at both the community and policy levels: contraceptive technical expertise in designing safe and effective approaches to meeting birth-spacing needs; knowledge obtained from multiple international programs; and understanding of the community.