The High Impact Practices (HIPs) are a set of evidence-based family planning practices vetted by global experts against specific criteria and documented in an easy-to-use format.
HIPs are identified based on demonstrated magnitude of impact on contraceptive use and potential application in a wide range of settings. Evidence of replicability, scalability, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness are also considered. HIPs are categorized as Service Delivery, Social and Behavior Change, or Enabling Environment.
In early 2020, the WHO/IBP Network and Knowledge SUCCESS Project launched an effort to support organizations to share their experiences using High Impact Practices (HIPs) and WHO Guidelines and Tools in Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programming. The initial call for concepts led to over 100 submissions from more than 30 countries. In June 2020, we selected the winners—15 organizations and authors received a stipend to document and tell their story in their own words and with their own images. Authors were encouraged to highlight the successes, challenges, and lessons learned implementing High Impact Practices in Family Planning and using WHO Guidelines and Tools in country-level programs.
Stories cover a range of topics from clinical service delivery to community engagement and showcase interventions in urban areas, rural and hard to reach places, and humanitarian settings. In addition, stories reflect work with a diversity of communities including men and boys, people with disabilities, youth and adolescents, and indigenous populations.
Explanation of Analysis
Between 2017 and 2019, the FP2020 Secretariat conducted a HIPs Analysis for each of the 47 FP2020 Commitment-making countries. The HIP Analysis identified high impact practices (service provision, social and behavior change, and enabling environment) in the country’s key strategic documents associated with the FP2020 goals: FP2020 Commitment, Costed Implementation Plan (CIP), and FP2020 Country Action Plan. See example below.
FP2020 Commitment-making Country
| HIPs | FP2020 Commitment | Costed Implementation Plan (CIP) | FP2020 Country Action Plan |
| Service Delivery | |||
| Social & Behavior Change | |||
| Enabling Environment |
The HIPs Analysis for FP2020 Commitment-making countries was meant to help countries start a conversation about their investments. Text in a cell indicates high impact practices that were included in key strategic documents. Note that not all HIPs are appropriate for all countries; it is important to consider the country context and to prioritize investments.
The Track20 Opportunity Briefs bring together a wide range of data sources to explore potential opportunities for increasing mCPR related to demand, availability, access, enabling environment, quality and equity. These briefs, together with the HIPs Analysis, can help inform conversations about country priorities.
