The Population and Reproductive Health Capacity Building Program

Abstract

This is the Global Program Review (GPR)
 of the Population and Reproductive Health Capacity Building
 Program (PRHCBP). Established in 1999, PRHCBP is a merger of
 three pre-existing programs: population and reproductive
 health, safe motherhood, and the program to reduce the
 practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and adolescent
 health. The main objective of the program is to build the
 capacity of civil society organizations to develop and
 implement culturally appropriate interventions in the
 sensitive fields of population and reproductive health,
 leading to healthier behavior at individual and community
 levels, reducing the impoverishing effects of poor
 reproductive health, and improving reproductive, maternal
 and child health outcomes of hard-to-reach populations. The
 review follows Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) guidelines
 for preparing GPRs (annex A). These guidelines were first
 approved in 2006, well after PRHCBP was initially conceived
 and implemented. As a new evaluation product of IEG, GPRs
 are attempting to raise the standards of the design,
 management, implementation and evaluation of Global and
 Regional Partnership Programs (GRPPs). This is an ongoing
 process, and programs that are reviewed are not expected to
 have adhered to all the standards inherent in these
 guidelines, which had not been established at their outset.