Turning a right into practise: impact evaluation of the Ixchen Centre for Women cervical cancer programme in Nicaragua (2005-2009)
2012
This impact study is part of a policy review of Dutch involvement in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), roughly during the period 2007-2011, emphasizing the results that have been obtained. The Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for this work. The present evaluation is part of the assessment of bilateral cooperation programs. The study addresses the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer, a major reproductive health problem in Nicaragua. It focuses on remote rural areas where the local NGO ‘Ixchen’ - in collaboration with the Ministry of Health - has introduced a new approach for translating the right to reproductive health into practice. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods have been applied to identify the impact of this approach. The results of the study confirm that the interventions for screening and treating cervical cancer yield substantial net effects for treated clients, even while knowledge levels remain low.
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]