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September 10, 2025Open Access

Impact of the Challenge Initiative’s Community Health Volunteers (CHV) on Public Sector Service Provision of Family Planning Services in Urban Sindh, Pakistan

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JSJunaid-ur-Rehman SiddiquiMVMansoor Ahmeed VeesarKMKashif Manzoor

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Overview

Analysis of the Challenge Initiative shows improved family planning service provision in urban Sindh, suggesting a key role for community health volunteers.

Key Points

  • CHVs significantly improved the provision of family planning services in urban Sindh, particularly for short- and long-acting methods.
  • Data analysis from June 2022 to December 2024 revealed increases in contraceptive services at Department of Health facilities due to CHV interventions.
  • Descriptive statistics and a two-sample t-test were used to assess the impact of CHVs on service provision across eight districts.
  • The findings indicate that CHVs can effectively enhance public sector contraceptive access, especially in areas otherwise underserved.

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Siddiqui et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1bb6354b1d3bfb60ed00dhttps://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202508.0160.v1
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