“The violence against women program has had a great influence on our health providers. They now understand that many complications occur as a result of violence, problems that cannot be treated or prevented without addressing the issue of violence upfront.”

Dr. Efrosya...

“Before we elected our committee, the nurse-midwife would come, take a walk around the village and leave. We did not know who she vaccinated nor did we know how many women were pregnant. Now we catch her and get our work done.”

Parvati, a mother of three in her 40s, is a...

“I first heard of PMTCT during an educational talk at the health center. Now I know that I can live positively and do things to prevent my baby from becoming infected with HIV.”

Abyot, a young woman in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, learned about prevention of mother-to-child...

“Before, we heard that they treated young people poorly. But now the nurses have all been nice to us. They even go visit the teen club members who have just had their babies.”

In El Salvador the vulnerability of adolescents’ sexual health is illuminated by two statistics. For...

“We thought we were performing very well, but actually we were making mistakes. Supervision brought out our weaknesses and enabled us to improve.”

In the Louga region of northwestern Senegal, the PRIME II Project has helped to strengthen the supervisory skills of head nurses...

“Supportive supervision helped me gain the confidence to perform up to standards.”

Rajabeti, an Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, was nervous and couldn’t pass her first follow-up examination after IUD insertion training as part of the...

“I feel the difference, before and after. Now the providers explain everything. They talk to me more and I go home in peace.”

Thanks to feedback mechanisms implemented by the PRIME II Project, primary providers are improving services at 16 Paraguayan health facilities by...

“Now I have the self-respect to just say ‘no’ to boys, and I know I can use condoms if I want to have sex.”

Sarah—a teenager in Uganda’s Jinja District—watched three of her friends drop out of school in 1998 when they became pregnant. As a “disco kid” she was at risk of...

“When clients inquired about various family planning methods in the past, we were usually unable to give them relevant information since we were more focused on HIV/AIDS prevention. Now, we can easily explain and promote dual protection.”

With assistance from the PRIME II...