Salahuddin Ahmed from MCHIP/Bangladesh presented a poster at the 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health in Washington, DC, about a healthy fertility study that took place in Sylhet district of rural Bangladesh.

The study focused on the integration of family planning with a pre-existing community-based maternal and newborn health program.

Some key lessons learned include:

• Integrating FP within a community-based MNH program is feasible
• The model is effective for increasing use of modern methods of family planning
• There was no notable negative effect on the delivery of MNH services
• The promotion of LAM had a positive effect on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding

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