MH-II is implemented by the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The project also provides support to NGOs and private sector organizations. Our working areas span all over the country and introduces innovations to ensure a synergistic effect, harnesses the experience of high-performing areas in the eastern part of the country, and fo
sters cross-learning among managers in high-, low-, and mid-performing areas. It includes activities at the national, divisional, district, upazila, union, and community level. MH-II improves program effectiveness through:
Building capacity on LARCs/PMs, infection prevention, counseling and facilitative supervision
Generating demand for LARCs/PMs through 3600 BCC campaigns
Fostering an enabling environment for LARCs/PMs by removing policy barriers
Improving program monitoring and performance tracking and relevant research studies. MH-II strategizes to:
enhance country ownership and leadership for sustainability in the public, NGO, and private sectors
enhance strategic coordination and integration through participation in national networks and coordination committees
promote FP/RH as a multisectoral issue and build linkages with partners in other sectors
mainstream gender in project design, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation and research
emphasize informed choice and voluntarism and continue working with DGFP/DGHS, NGOs, and the public sectors
Scale-up of key interventions following evidence-based scale-up strategy for successful Mayer Hashi practices (e.g., YMC interventions, integration of FP into maternal and child health [MCH] services, and bottom-up contraceptive projection).
