Technical Briefs on Key Topics Print

One of the objectives of CCIH is to provide updated, evidence-based information, resources and viewpoints on a variety of pertinent international health topics to serve our member organizations and affiliates. The resources below were developed to inform our members and affiliates on key topics of considerable interest. 

 
 
Family planning helps prevent HIV infection in men and women. What can faith groups do to help? This fact-sheet provides faith-based information to program managers and decision makers on how family planning programs can be integrated into existing HIV/AIDS activities. Faith-based advice for couples and churches on adding family planning activities into HIV programs is also provided.  
 
Family Planning Reduces Abortion - and Faith Groups Can Help. December 2011.  Many Christians around the world are concerned about abortion. But the facts linking the availability of family planning with a reduction in abortions is little understood. This fact-sheet helps to provide more information on the connections between family planning and abortion. With compelling quotes from key prominent Christian public health leaders, there are key pointers what the faith community can do to mitigate abortions worldwide. 
 
Family Planning Methods: How do they work and why does it matter?  December 2011.   The decision about which family planning methods are acceptable varies widely among Christian organizations and individuals, and is influenced for some by the whether the method acts to prevent conception or is thought to act as an abortifacient (capable of causing an abortion). The purpose of this paper is to primarily address how basic methods work and to clarify what is currently known with respect to specific methods.      
 
Do you think you know where Christians stand on family planning? Think again! 2011. This Fact Sheet, produced by CCIH, has been used for visits to Capitol Hill when meeting with Members of Congress. It provides support for the idea that Christians are in favor of family planning, reflective of our 2008 survey results.
 
Contraceptive Security: What are Faith-Based Organizations Saying? October 2011. Contraceptive Security is a major concern of African faith-based organizations, donors and partner organizations supporting services by FBOs. Christian Connections for International Health interviewed representatives from eight countrywide Christian Health Associations (CHAs) at the biennial conference of the African Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) in Accra, Ghana in February 2011 and these are the results.
 
   
These publications were made possible by support from the Institute for Reproductive Health and the United Nations Foundation. For questions or comments, contact CCIH (ccih@ccih.org)  
 
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