Clinical Programming
Strengthening Healthcare Systems from Within
EngenderHealth works from within health systems, not around them, to improve access to and quality of healthcare services. Our clinical programming supports high-quality, respectful care across sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence prevention and response, maternal and newborn health, and other emerging health priorities.
We embed clinical expertise within existing health system structures, policies, and processes so improvements can be sustained over time. We strengthen health systems without replacing them.
What Guides Our Clinical Work
EngenderHealth is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality. We support people in making free, informed decisions about their health, bodies, and futures so they can live the lives they want.
Our work takes a holistic, service-integrated, “whole site” approach to quality healthcare. This means working at each level of the health system to improve the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of health services; promote the use of high-impact and promising practices; and ensure local ownership and sustainability.
How We Strengthen Clinical Care Across the Health System
EngenderHealth works with healthcare providers, local and regional health systems, government partners, and referral networks to strengthen clinical care across the health system.
We strengthen clinical care by supporting:
- Healthcare providers in facilities and communities to build clinical and related skills that support high-quality, inclusive care
- Local and regional health systems to improve quality assurance and quality improvement mechanisms
- Government partners and decision-makers to ensure policies, laws, guidelines, and budgets reflect global best practices
- Referral systems between levels of care to strengthen coordination and wraparound support for clients
EngenderHealth is experienced in translating evidence-based health guidelines into practical, scalable, and cost-effective approaches through training, mentorship, and quality improvement initiatives.
Advancing Inclusive, Respectful Care
EngenderHealth helps health systems close equity gaps by integrating gender, youth, and social inclusion principles into service delivery. This helps people who face the greatest barriers to care access critical sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence prevention and response, and maternal and newborn health services.
This includes supporting respectful maternal care, client-centered contraceptive counseling, and inclusive services for young people, people with disabilities, and other underserved communities.
Our Clinical Expertise
EngenderHealth brings deep clinical expertise to government-led service delivery, including guideline and tool development, training, mentorship, and quality improvement and assurance support.
EngenderHealth supports access to a broad range of contraceptive options, including permanent methods, long-acting reversible contraceptives, post-pregnancy contraception, and newer methods such as the hormonal IUD. Across our work, we support client-centered counseling so people can make free and informed decisions about their care.
Explore EngenderHealth’s expertise in expanding access to contraceptive care.
EngenderHealth has specialized clinical expertise in abortion and postabortion care. We support health systems and providers to deliver high-quality, respectful, and rights-based care in line with applicable laws, policies, and clinical standards.
Learn more about EngenderHealth’s expertise in comprehensive abortion care.
EngenderHealth strengthens the capacity of national health systems to provide high-quality fistula repair, safe cesarean deliveries, and broader interventions that make care during and after childbirth safer.
EngenderHealth supports health systems to provide respectful, survivor-centered care, including clinical services and referral pathways for people who experience gender-based violence and sexual violence.
Learn more about our work to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.
EngenderHealth works with local partners, particularly public-sector health systems, to strengthen sustainable sexual and reproductive health services and support people in realizing their rights. This includes strengthening existing data monitoring and referral systems so primary care, sexual and reproductive health services, and maternal and obstetric care are available, accessible, acceptable, and high quality across community, facility, and regional levels of care.
Strengthening Clinical Care, Together
Through partnerships with health systems, governments, communities, and providers, EngenderHealth brings clinical expertise and a commitment to rights-based care to strengthen services that respond to people’s needs and are sustainable over time.