The new, revised guidelines will be used to revise the family planning procedures manual. The new training approach will be competency-based and participatory to replace the classroom, didactic approach. At this meeting, a medical barriers task force was formed. The task force has met three times since the national meeting to highlight existing barriers in family planning documents and to list recommended revisions. Age and parity should not be limiting factors in the provision of VS services.
Critical factor is thorough counseling to rule out indicators of possible regret.
Next Steps Revised training manuals will be pretested during an upcoming training course, during which additional changes will be recommended. Final revisions to family planning service delivery guidelines, procedures and policies will be reviewed and ratified by a committee of family planning experts by the end of May 1995. All rights reserved.