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FALAH or Family Advancement for Life and Health was a USAID funded five year project in reproductive health and family planning whose aim was to protect the health and well being of mothers, newborns and children through the adoption of birth spacing by eligible couples in Pakistan. The project was implemented in 15 districts of all four provinces. Population Council Pakistan was the lead partner along with a consortium of a number of national and international implementing and technical partners. |
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Goal of the Project:
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Specifically, the goal of FALAH was to bring about an increase in the adoption of birth spacing behavior and practice of the WHO recommended birth spacing interval under the guidelines of “Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies” (HTSP), thereby bringing about marked improvements in maternal/child health and decline in their mortality rates due to pregnancy related complications. This was achieved through removing barriers, improving understanding of the benefits of birth spacing, increasing awareness of the risks associated with early, late, closely spaced and high parity pregnancies, increasing knowledge of the various contraceptive options available , and improving access to and quality of care in both the public and private sectors. |
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Partnerships: |
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The major collaborative partners and institutions were the project consortium partners (Population Council, Jhpiego, Greenstar social marketing, HANDS, RSPN, and Save the Children, USA), the Federal Ministry of Population Welfare(PWD), the Federal Ministry of Health, the four Provincial Departments of Population Welfare and Health, the EDOs and the executive officers for PWD and Health in the 15 District Governments, and external partners of FALAH including PAIMAN, TACMIL, UNICEF and UNFPA and the donor USAID. |
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Four major Objectives: |
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Increase use of modern contraceptive methods in the project districts by an average of 10 percentage points by year five.
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Train and equip eighty percent of public service-delivery points in the 15 project districts to provide appropriate family planning services by year five.
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Three fourths of the population in the project districts report that they understand birth spacing and ways of achieving it and find them acceptable
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Public- and private sector delivery systems will have sustainable and well-integrated service strategies in the project districts.
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