Presentation Guide - Family Planning: Pathway to Poverty Reduction

Published by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), this guide provides facilitators with an overview of how to effectively use and present Family Planning: Pathway to Poverty Reduction, an ENGAGE Presentation. Under the USAID-funded Informing DEcisionmakers to Act (IDEA) project, PRB is developing a series of ENGAGE presentations that examine the relationship between family planning and the Millennium Development Goals. The first presentation, "Family Planning: Pathway to Poverty Reduction," seeks to improve individuals' understanding of how family planning contributes to economic growth and poverty reduction at the family, community, and national levels, and to reposition family planning higher on national and local policy agendas in sub-Saharan Africa. The presentation is designed to promote policy dialogue on the health and economic benefits of family planning and presents family planning as a cost-effective, high-yield intervention. Intended policy audiences include government policymakers, civic and religious leaders, health sector leaders, programme officials, family planning advocates, and journalists.

The guide includes information about opportunities to give the presentation, a list of technology requirements, presentation instructions, presentation tips, instructions for creating and using presentation handouts, discussion guide questions, frequently asked questions (FAQs), resources and references, and definitions of key terms used throughout the presentation.

The guide draws on the experiences of the PRB and its in-country partners in developing and making ENGAGE presentations in different settings as well as input from technical and communications experts in the family planning and reproductive health fields.

For more information, contact:

Alexandra Hervish

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

1875 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 520

Washington, DC 20009

United States

Tel: 202 939 5464

ahervish@prb.org