Our Goal is to expand family planning options by making Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FAM) widely available through high quality services and information. The Institute:

• Translates complex concepts into simple, practical approaches and manageable information;
• Establishes the efficacy of FAM methods and identifies best practices through clinical trials, operations research and behavioral studies; and
• Increases access to and acceptability of FAM methods worldwide through partnerships.

LAM: Provider and client cards now available in French   •     IRH’s work empowers young adolescents   •     CycleBeads® procured for USAID-supported family planning programs worldwide   •     LAM: New Briefs and Materials Available   •     Haiti: See Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers explain CycleBeads   •     USAID’s Repositioning in Action E-Bulletin highlights the SDM   •     US: OPA funds SDM introduction in CA and MA   •     Check out new fertility awareness resources for teens   •     SDM and TDM included in key Family Planning publications   •            

• Futures Group International and IRH published two SDM advocacy briefs to be used with policymakers and program managers worldwide
• Read about IRH’s work to empower young adolescents through body literacy and fertility awareness (read IRH brief here)

• USAID | DELIVER PROJECT has procured CycleBeads® for USAID-supported family planning programs worldwide (access CycleBeads procurement toolkit)

• New LAM briefs and provider/client materials available from the LAM Working Group, in English and French (LAM Resources)
• The SDM is the focus of USAID's Repositioning in Action E-Bulletin February 2009 issue. (read e-bulletin)

• The SDM will be introduced in four Title X clinics in California and Massachusetts over the next 3-years as part of an Office of Population Affairs grant awarded to IRH. (read news release)