Reaching Men to Improve Reproductive and Sexual Health for All

Published by the Health Communication Partnership (HCP), this publication is written as a guide for implementing reproductive health programmes that involve men to help promote gender equity and improve sexual health for both men and women.

"Reaching Men to Improve Reproductive and Sexual Health for All" is the result of an international conference held in Dulles, Virginia, in September 2003, where more than 300 participants from 45 countries discussed interventions that involved men. The conference was sponsored by the Men and Reproductive Health Task Force of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG).

The objective of this guide is to demonstrate how to develop, implement, and evaluate reproductive health programmes involving men and is aimed at reproductive health programme managers and technical staff of implementing agencies, government, and non-governmental organisations. Issues addressed include:

• Male Identity in Adolescent Men
• Policy Initiatives and Strategies for Advocating Male Involvement
• Involving Men Through Maternal & Child Health
• Men's Right and Empowerment in Improving Women's Reproductive Health
• Successful Strategies in Reaching Men
• Tools and Programs for Monitoring and Evaluation

HCP is a global communication initiative based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs in partnership with the Academy for Educational Development, Save the Children, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, and Tulane University 's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.