Category: FP2030 in the Media

Contraception Is about Partnerships—in More Ways than One

Global health experts know that if we were to reach a point where every pregnancy was wanted, and where all unmet need for contraception around the world were finally met, 30% of maternal morbidity and mortality would be eliminated. Infant and child mortality would plummet, global gender equality would rise, and social and economic development… Continue reading Contraception Is about Partnerships—in More Ways than One

9 Experts to Watch on Family Planning

As part of our ‘Experts to Watch’ series, we highlight nine experts who are advancing research, policy and interventions for women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights. ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING – the ability to choose whether to have children, when and how many – has an impact on a multitude of issues, including poverty,… Continue reading 9 Experts to Watch on Family Planning

A careful perspective

In our part of the world family planning is often ignored, especially in the rural areas of Sindh. You! takes a look… Unplanned pregnancies and a woman’s ability to space and limit her pregnancies have direct impacts on her health and well-being. Unfortunately, a major part of our society still considers family planning immoral and… Continue reading A careful perspective

Family Planning: Uganda’s success, lesson for Nigeria

Since the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, the fortunes of family planning in Nigeria took a turn for the better. The country made a historic commitment at the Summit which galvanised the Federal Ministry of Health, FMOH, to initiate the Nigeria Family Planning Blueprint with the national objective of increasing uptake of Family Planning… Continue reading Family Planning: Uganda’s success, lesson for Nigeria

Birth spacing, and the information and tools to do it, can save women’s and children’s lives

As the third eldest of nine kids, I can hardly recall my mother not being pregnant during the 1960s and ’70s, when I was growing up in Ohio. Many people assume that’s why I’m so fierce about family planning. They’re right — but most are mistaken about the reason why. My parents wanted a big family. Together they decided… Continue reading Birth spacing, and the information and tools to do it, can save women’s and children’s lives

Q&A: UNFPA’s Babatunde Osotimehin on family planning in the face of uncertainty

Last week’s “She Decides” conference drew 400 delegates, including 20 ministerial delegations, to Brussels to discuss the impact of the U.S. government’s “global gag rule” and to raise funds to help tackle the shortfall in family planning aid that has been created. The gag rule prevents non-U.S. nongovernmental organizations that provide services or information relating to abortion from receiving… Continue reading Q&A: UNFPA’s Babatunde Osotimehin on family planning in the face of uncertainty

Govt needs to undertake structural reforms to achieve its family planning goals

Pakistan, like many developing countries, faces significant challenges in meeting its development goals, especially related to women and girls’ reproductive health. Pakistan launched its family planning programme in early 1960s as part of General Ayub’s Five Year Plan (1960-1965) with ambitious indicators on family planning and fertility rate. The programme has evolved since then and… Continue reading Govt needs to undertake structural reforms to achieve its family planning goals

Five African states help women prevent pregnancy right after birth

When Kenyan Eunice Achieng, 24, found out that she was pregnant for the fourth time in six years she could not stop crying. Her other pregnancies had been hard on her young body and her first two babies were always in the hospital. Weak, sick and feeling alone, Eunice knew that she did not want to get pregnant again.

Global Commitments, Local Actions: Postpartum Family Planning Champions Deliver

In a global health conference first, I attended a pageant at the International Conference on Family Planning this week in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Replete with sashes and flags, representatives from 16 countries paraded onstage to the Olympics theme song. Although there were no fire breathers or piano players in the show, the delegates’ performances remained impressive: to provide updates made in accelerating access to postpartum family planning (PPFP) in their respective countries.