National Family Planning Dashboard: Leveraging on Human Resource Data to Increase Equitable Access to Family Planning Services

To improve choice and access to quality contraceptives, Nigeria recently introduced Levoplant and Hormonal Intrauterine Devices (H-IUD) to the current method mix with support from CHAI and other partners. To achieve visibility into the introduction and scaleup process, CHAI is supporting the FMOH with the development of additional modules on the FPDB to monitor the product introduction process. The scope of which includes commodity disaggregation to monitor individual product data thus mirroring the 2019 updates to the National Health Management Information System (NHMIS). 

Results

The FPDB is used by government and partners to track critical product introduction components allowing for visibility into availability and strategic placement of skilled HCWs across the country. The information on HR and consumption data provides valuable insights into FP commodity availability and FP uptake which in turn informs efficient allocation of resources, and provides critical information on existing gaps, facilitating provision of increased equitable access to FP services across the country. 

Conclusion

The FPDB plays a critical role in monitoring product introduction and scale-up as visibility into HR and logistics data enables evidence-based decision making. Availability of HR data provides visibility into service delivery capacity which in turn maximize resources for introduction and scale-up activities.