Vincent de Brouwere

Vincent de Brouwere

Vincent De Brouwere is Professor of Public Health at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (ITM-A). His main field of research is the health care system, with a particular focus on maternal health and access to health services. He developed his expertise in the domain of maternal mortality reduction partly through his research work and partly through the elaboration and evaluation exercise of reproductive health strategies in support to ministries of health in LMIC. Expertise: Maternal health, Management and evaluation of health programmes, Formulation of Health Programmes, Basic Concepts in Public Health, Project Planning and Evaluation, Health Systems Research

Cahier REALISME n°6: Implementation and effects of demand generation interventions in low- and middle-income family planning programs: A systematic review

NOTEBOOK. As part of its family planning strategy, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has commissioned a systematic review on family planning demand generation interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The objectives of the review were: to synthesize evidence on the implementation process and costs of demand interventions, and to summarize evidence on their effectiveness in improving uptake of modern contraception methods.