EngenderHealth, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC), works in Tanzania nationwide on family planning (FP), gender issues, FP-HIV integration, and other health initiatives. The expansion of EngenderHealth’s FP program to all 26 regions of the country has contributed to women’s having a wider choice of methods, including the highly effective but harder to deliver hormonal implants, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and permanent methods, such as female sterilization. Increased access and choice has led to rising use of contraception, through interventions like the RESPOND Tanzania Project (RTP), which expanded services to lower-level facilities and promoted task shifting to nurse practitioners for implants and IUDs. The use of hormonal implants in Tanzania has increased steadily since 2004.
Organisation's Contributions
| Process Indicator | Contribution | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Out-reach services targeting youth in hard-to-reach areas, including densely-populated urban area | Partners with Ministry of Health to expand FP programs in 26 regions in Tanzania | Partners with Ministry of Health to expand family planning programs in 26 regions in Tanzania as well as expand FP services to lower level of health facilities being dispensaries. The expansion involves broadening FP choices, including highly effective but harder to deliver services e.g. Hormonal implants, IUDs and permanent methods. Most recently, Engender health through the project of RESPOND Tanzania Project works to address unmet needs for contraceptive methods as well as advance the use of family planning and reproductive health services in Tanzania. |
| Health workers trained in provision of youth-friendly service | Trained heath providers in over 21 facilities across Arusha and Iringa also worked to increase daily access of FP commodities | Through their objective of strengthening health systems, trained heath providers in over 21 facilities across Arusha and Iringa also worked to increase daily access of family planning commodities and ensure proper administration of contraceptive services whether long term or short term. The training further aimed at improving the integration of FP services and other RMNCAH services in the health facilities. |
| CSOs and community groups involved in social accountability efforts | Mobilized communities whilst emphasizing rights and equal access to quality reproductive health services regardless of gender or age | Mobilized communities whilst emphasizing rights and equal access to quality reproductive health services regardless of gender or age. |