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		The FAM Project IRH was awarded the Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FAM) Project by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in September 2007. This 5-year project is increasing access and use of FAM within a broad range of service delivery programs using systems-oriented scaling up approaches. More > Understanding the Methods Standard Days Method® (SDM) is a modern family planning method that teaches a woman to identify when she is fertile by tracking her cycle days. More > TwoDay Method® (TDM) is a modern family planning method that uses secretions to identify the fertile days. More > Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) is based on the natural effect of breastfeeding on fertility. More >
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Search this site: Follow IRH Subscribe to our e-blasts Friend us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Get LinkedIn with us View our YouTube videos Our Mission Through our research and programs, we strive to: Expand choice... by increasing access to fertility awareness-based methods (FAM) of family planning worldwide. Empower women... by helping them learn about and take charge of their reproductive and sexual health – from very young adolescents to adults. Involve communities... in reproductive health interventions that improve women's health.	Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) Since its founding in 1985, IRH has been recognized as a leader in the effort to improve reproductive health worldwide. The Institute’s strengths are its quantitative and qualitative research skills, its focus on critical needs in reproductive health, and its research-to-practice strategy that includes working with partners to build capacity for sustainable services. The Institute collaborates with a wide variety of organizations from central to community levels to implement evidence-based service delivery programs in countries worldwide. More > What's New August 2010 E-blast: Promoting gender equity in FP Learn how SDM promotes gender equity, read our latest FAM Project Briefs, and find out where you can see our staff present in the next coming months here. Read Zuhra's Story, USAID/Pakistan The Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH) Project is teaching women in Pakistan about natural family planning methods, like SDM. SDM has changed 16-year-old Zuhra Bibi's life. Read the feature story here. Job Posting, Program Officer for Africa Programs Click here to read the job announcement. The Washington, DC position is open immediately and will require 50-75% level of effort until December 2010. June 2010 E-blast: Optimizing breastfeeding benefits in Mali Read about how the IRH/Mali program is working with women's groups to promote LAM in communities. Links to the K4Health LAM ToolKit, LAM FAM Project Brief, and LAM FAQs are now available. Read the e-blast here. FAM Project Brief -- SDM: Building Gender Equity & Engaging Men in Family Planning, July 2010 Will men participate in SDM and can they use it correctly? How does SDM influence the couple relationship? How does SDM affect women's empowerment? Read the research results that show how SDM contributes to gender equity and engages men in family planning in the new FAM Project brief here.