A Resource Package for Family Planning and Beyond: The ACQUIRE Project Digital Archive

This electronic archive constitutes the legacy of the ACQUIRE Project - Access, Quality, and Use in Reproductive Health - which was a five-year (2003-2008) global project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Bureau for Global Health/Office of Population and Reproductive Health’s Service Delivery Improvement Division. ACQUIRE’s goal was to increase the use of reproductive health (RH)/family planning (FP) services, with a focus on facility-based services and clinical contraception, especially long-acting and permanent methods of contraception (LAPMs).

The archive has been designed as a searchable knowledge resource for the RH/FP community. The different sections of the archive contain a range of resources that were developed over the life of the project, at both the global and the country (field) levels.

It is organised across eight thematic areas:

• The ACQUIRE Programme Model
• Invest in Family Planning and LAPMs
• Programme Effectively: Principles, Models, and Tools
• Strengthen the Quality of Services and Systems
• Community Engagement, Marketing, and Communications
• Integrate Family Planning and LAPMs into other Services
  
• Engage Men As Partners®
• Programme for the Special Needs of Young Married Clients
  

In addition, the archive includes three more content areas:

• Technical Guidance
• Training Curricula and Materials
• Research Studies
  

Resources range from conceptual models, programmatic tools, and technical guidance to advocacy briefs, posters, presentations, stories from the field, and analytic reports on country experiences to revitalise family planning. This content, according to the website, reflects the experience of programmes from all regions and the outcomes of an extended global-field partnership.

The ACQUIRE Project was carried out by a partnership led by EngenderHealth (the managing partner) that included three technical partners - CARE, IntraHealth International, Inc., and Meridian Group International, Inc. - along with two field partners, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA). Over the course of five years, ACQUIRE worked in more than 22 countries to demonstrate or replicate promising approaches and practices.