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AcknowledgementsVera Zlidar, Ushma Upadhyay, and Robert Lande of the INFO Project,Center for Communication Programs at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schoolof Public Health were the principal technical writers and led the handbookdevelopment process, together with Ward Rinehart from the INFO Projectand Sarah Johnson of the World Health Organization, who also served aseditors. Other contributors to the research and writing from the INFOProject include Fonda Kingsley, Sarah O’Hara, Hilary Schwandt, RuwaidaSalem, Vidya Setty, Deepa Ramchandran, Catherine Richey, Mahua Mandal,and Indu Adhikary.Key technical advisors throughout the development of the book includeRobert Hatcher, Roy Jacobstein, Enriquito Lu, Herbert Peterson, JamesShelton, and Irina Yacobson. Kathryn Curtis, Anna Glasier, Robert Hatcher,Roy Jacobstein, Herbert Peterson, James Shelton, Paul Van Look, and MarcelVekemans conducted final technical review of this book.The following people provided their expertise during expert meetings inBaltimore in October 2004, Geneva in June 2005, or both: Yasmin Ahmed,Marcos Arevalo, Luis Bahamondes, Miriam Chipimo, Maria del CarmenCravioto, Kathryn Curtis, Juan Diaz, Soledad Diaz, Mohammad Eslami, AnnaGlasier, John Guillebaud, Ezzeldin Othman Hassan, Robert Hatcher, MihaiHorga, Douglas Huber, Carlos Huezo, Roy Jacobstein, Enriquito Lu, PisakeLumbiganon, Pamela Lynam, Trent MacKay, Olav Meirik, Isaiah Ndong,Herbert Peterson, John Pile, Robert Rice, Roberto Rivera, Lois Schaefer,Markku Seppala, James Shelton, Bulbul Sood, Markus Steiner, James Trussell,Marcel Vekemans, and Wu Shangchun.The following organizations made extraordinary technical contributions tothe creation of this handbook: The Centre for Development and PopulationActivities, EngenderHealth, Family Health International, GeorgetownUniversity Institute for Reproductive Health, JHPIEGO, ManagementSciences for Health, Population Council, and the United States Agency forInternational Development.Many others also contributed their expertise on specific topics andparticipated in the development of consensus on technical content.Contributors include Christopher Armstrong, Mark Barone, MagsBeksinska, Yemane Berhane, Ann Blouse, Julia Bluestone, Paul Blumenthal,Annette Bongiovanni, Débora Bossemeyer, Nathalie Broutet, WardCates, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Kathryn Church, Samuel Clark,Carmela Cordero, Vanessa Cullins, Kelly Culwell, Johannes van Dam,Catherine d’Arcangues, Barbara Kinzie Deller, Sibongile Dludlu, Mary Drake,viFamily Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers