Family Planning App
A free, multilingual app that works offline.
Field tested by communities, Hesperian apps put privacy first.
Developed for frontline health workers, local leaders, and peer promoters, this app is filled with clear photos and illustrations, easy-to-understand information, and interactive tools to support conversations about reproductive health. Family Planning covers essential topics for counseling including how each method is used, how well it prevents pregnancy, how easily it can be kept secret, and side effects.
The Family Planning App includes:
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contraceptive methods – information on barrier, behavioral, hormonal, and permanent methods with the effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantage of each
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method Chooser – an interactive tool that helps users find the contraceptive methods that best match their preferences, lifestyle, and health history
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FAQs – answers to many general questions about contraception and common concerns about specific methods like whether you can reuse condoms, and when you can start each method after giving birth, having a miscarriage, or having an abortion
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tips and interactive counseling examples – improve your counseling skills, comfort with discussing reproductive health information, and ability to support people from a variety of backgrounds and walks of life