This resource has been developed by Family Health International (FHI) for trainers, presenters, providers, programme managers, and policy-makers to update and expand upon the information provided in an earlier module, Contraception for Women and Couples with HIV.

This toolkit can be used to:

• Train health care providers to offer contraceptives to their clients with HIV (including providers who offer antiretroviral therapy, voluntary counseling and testing, and services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, as well as family planning services).
•  Inform health care professionals about recent research and technical guidance (including 2008 guidance from the World Health Organization - WHO) related to the provision of contraception for people with HIV.
• Help programme managers and policy-makers develop programme strategies for integrating family planning and HIV prevention, care, and treatment services.

Toolkit contents include:

1. A performance-based training curriculum that includes the resources required to conduct the suggested learning activities (including original Microsoft Word and PowerPoint files to facilitate adaptation of the materials for various participants and situations).
2. Counseling tools, checklists, guides, and other job aids for providers and programme managers.
3. An updated version of the orientation presentation contained in the original 2005 module.
4. Full-text resources of current guidance and technical information about integrating family planning and HIV services.

The toolkit, which offers access to multiple resources in pictorial and print formats, is also available on CD for users in developing countries with limited internet access. For more information, contact: publications@fhi.org The toolkit was developed by FHI in collaboration with the Acquire Project, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

IBP Global Community eNewsletter, January 27 2009.