Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies:
HTSP Core Group

ESD hosted the first meeting of the Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies (HTSP) core group on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. At this meeting, the HTSP core group was formally established, the HTSP Roll Out Strategy was shared, and participants exchanged information on how they are integrating HTSP into their service delivery programs. In addition to USAID staff and ESD staff, representatives from 14 projects and organizations attended the meeting. 

NEW! HTSP Core Group Meeting Minutes (April 2009)

Download the HTSP Core Group Inaugural Meeting Report 

Download Presentations from the Meeting:

• HTSP: A Prevention Strategy for Healthy Pregnancy Outcomes - Maureen Norton, Cognizant Technical Officer, USAID, Washington, DC
  
• The HTSP Need Index - William Jansen, Consultant to ESD & Research Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  
• The ESD HTSP Roll Out Strategy - May Post, Senior Reproductive Health and Family Planning Advisor, ESD Project
  
• CSTS+ Support to Flexible Fund Program and Activities - Janet Meyers, FP/RH Technical Advisor, CSTS+ Macro International
  
• Operationalizing Healthy Pregnancy Spacing (HPS) in Child Health Services: BASICS Experience in Rwanda - Gloria Ekpo, BASICS
  
• Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: An Opportunity to Spread HTSP Messages Daren Trudeau, Senior Program Officer, Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health
  
• Healthy Timing and Spacing & ACCESS-FP Catherine McKaig, ACCESS-FP
  
• Religious Leaders and HTSP - Natalie Elkan, Program Officer, ESD Project
  
• NGO-Corporate Partnerships and HTSP - David Wofford, Senior Commercial Sector Advisor, ESD Project
  
• Youth and HTSP - Cate Lane, Senior Youth Reproductive Health Advisor, ESD Project