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IPPF Medical and Service Delivery Guidelines
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.

 الدليل الطبي لتقديم خدمات الصحة الإنجابية والجنسية - Arabic Version
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.

Medical and Service Delivery Guidelines - Bosnian version
17 Apr 2007
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.

Международна федерация по семейно планиране- Bulgarian version
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.  

Directives médicales et de prestation des services - French version
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.

Poradnictwo medyczne i świadczenie usług- Polish version
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.

IPPF Medical and Service Delivery Guidelines - Russian Version
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.

 Las Pautas Médicas y de Prestación de Servicios - Spanish version
The guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of SRH issues, including family planning.

These Guidelines are intended to improve the knowledge, skills, and confidence of service providers in the delivery of high-quality sexual and reproductive health services.

Based on a client-rights approach, the Guidelines offer up-to-date evidence-based guidance on a range of sexual and reproductive issues, including family planning. 

In the seven years since the last edition, the Guidelines have been extensively updated and made consistent with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2004 Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use and Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use.

Like previous editions, the Guidelines were written with the support and technical expertise of IPPF’s International Medical Advisory Panel (IMAP).                                                                                              

Intended users

The intended users of the Guidelines are: 

• Programme planners and managers 
• Clinical services providers 
• Trainers
• Supervisors of clinical and community-based services 
• Doctors, nurses, midwives, and other health professionals

The recommendations are also relevant to community-based services and can be used for developing materials for these workers/volunteers - best done at the local level.

Instructions for use

The Guidelines can be used as a: 

• Guide for the delivery of services 
• Reference document for assessing quality of care
• Training instrument
• Tool for supervision

For information on ordering hard copies of the Guidelines, please email medtech@ippf.org