Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
2000
Abstract
In the late 1980s, Peru’s National Family Planning Program within the Ministry of Health (MOH) assigned method-specific targets to clusters of health facilities. In 1998, the MOH changed its policies to ensure that services responded to individual reproductive health needs and wishes. It eliminated method quotas, ended voluntary surgical contraception campaigns, and issued norms to ensure quality of care and informed choice. In 1999, the Population Council collaborated with the MOH to determine whether providers were complying with the new guidelines and, secondarily, to develop a monitoring system to assess compliance over time. As concluded in this brief, family planning providers at Peru’s government health facilities conform to national care guidelines in that more than 90 percent of them treat their clients respectfully and offer them a wide choice of contraceptive options. Nevertheless, it was determined that the majority of providers could further improve the quality of care by giving clients more information about correct use and possible side effects of their chosen method and by screening for contraindications.
Recommended Citation
"Peru: Managers must monitor quality of care regularly," FRONTIERS OR Summary. Washington, DC: Population Council, 2000.
DOI
10.31899/rh2000.1009
Language
English
Project
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Included in
International Public Health Commons, Quality Improvement Commons, Women's Health Commons
Comments
Also available in French and Spanish