Assessment of the Contraceptive Technology Research Project at Family Health International 1995-2005.

The current cooperative agreement between the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Family Health International (FHI) was awarded in 1995 and ends August 30 2005. The Contraceptive Technology Research (CTR) project is intended to support research and development (R&D) of new or improved contraceptive and microbicidal products that are effective safe acceptable and affordable and that can be provided through family planning (FP) HIV prevention and other reproductive health (RH) programs in developing countries. In part because of USAID’s continuous consistent and long-term investment in the CTR project over nearly three decades FHI has become the leading public sector biomedical and biotechnical research organization. The purpose of this assessment was to: assess the performance of the CTR project relative to the goals and objectives of the cooperative agreement assess the results of CTR’s research findings and capacity-building activities on FP and RH programs worldwide and provide guidance to USAID for the design of a follow-on project. (excerpt)