Maximizing Access and Quality (MAQ) in Family Planning and Related Reproductive Health Services: The MAQ Exchange
What is the MAQ Exchange?
The MAQ Exchange is a means of engaging USAID and its partners in a dialogue around programmatic best practices in reproductive healthcare service delivery, with a particular focus on family planning. It is a product of the MAQ Initiative, which for several years has combined the efforts of USAID, CAs and host country partners in documenting and applying state-of-the-art methods to improve access to and the quality of reproductive health services.
The MAQ Exchange is not training. Rather, it is a process of sharing the wealth of new information, data and lessons learned on improving access and quality. This facilitates strategy development for application in your existing programs. The process begins with a needs assessment. The centerpiece activity is a 3- to 4-day interactive and results-oriented workshop conducted by a team of master trainers with relevant technical and programmatic expertise. In the course of the workshop, the mission and its partners draft action plans using the Synergy of Interventions framework. This process equips the mission and its partners to implement a set of prioritized and realistic activities.
What is the content of a MAQ Exchange?
The MAQ Exchange curriculum is made up of the following modules and can be tailored to the specific needs of host country programs and USAID missions.
- MAQ Key Concepts
- Barriers to Access and Quality
- Service Delivery Guidelines
- Contraceptive Technology Update
- Infection Prevention
- Client-Centered Communication: The Client, the Provider, and the Community
- Dual Protection
- Family Planning and HIV/STI Service Integration
- HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Postabortion Care
- Adolescent Reproductive Health
- Provider Perspective
- Organization of Work
- Performance Improvement
- Quick Investigation of Quality
- Logistics/Supply Management
- New Strategies for Supervision
- Leadership
- Community Defined Quality
- Antenatal Care
- Normal Labor & Childbirth
- Transfer of Learning
Who will benefit from the MAQ Exchange?
Mission staff, public and private sector partners, and other donor agencies can all participate, share and benefit. The ultimate beneficiaries will be the men, women and children of the host country.
How will you benefit from a MAQ Exchange?
- By receiving an update on the most recent evidence-based best practices in FP/RH service delivery
- By discussing ways to apply MAQ principles and practices effectively within your country program
- By sharing lessons learned and expertise among your colleagues
- By developing a shared vision and strategy for improving access to and the quality of RH service delivery programs in your country
- By utilizing the MAQ Exchange package of extensive resources, which includes reference materials, publications, training curricula and specific tools to improve service delivery
