Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTPS)
Added for the first time as a technical focus area at the outset of 2005, BASICS conducted HTSP activities in four countries. To facilitate integration of HTSP into other child health interventions in Malawi, BASICS raised awareness on the importance of HTSP in relation to the well-being of newborns, children, and mothers. The project integrated HTSP into the nationwide roll-out of IMCI in Rwanda and into PMTCT programs in Swaziland. And, in Timor Leste, BASICS conducted a rapid assessment of family planning services for the integration of HTSP, showing that more than 3,000 child deaths could be averted annually in Timor-Leste if births occurred after minimum intervals of 36 months.
Click here to read the final report for BASICS' Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy program.