19 February 2008,
JAKARTA, Indonesia: The National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN) launches on Tuesday a newly revitalized national Family Planning (FP) initiative and sets a target of 6.6 million new contraceptive users in 2008.
The revitalized initiative aims at strengthening FP services and information in the country and improving coordination with the private service providers to ensure quality services, especially for users from middle-upper economic status. It is hoped that with the new initiative, 4 millions of the 6.6 million new users can access reliable FP services provided by private sector. Poor families can obtain free FP services at the government-sponsored providers.
BKKBN’s Deputy for Family Planning and Reproductive Health Siswanto Agus Wilopo said 30 percent of the 29.2 million contraceptive users are from low economic bracket, while the remaining 70 percent come from middle and upper bracket.
Separately, UNFPA Representative Dr. Zahidul Huque welcomed the initiative and said that UNFPA will support the national FP programme through demand creation to stimulate utilization of FP information and services nationwide and in the 6 supported provinces through respective administrations.
Through its 6th Country Programme, ending in 2005, the Fund provided supports for reproductive health commodity supplies to cover the needs of communities in the 6 supported provinces through the respective administrations.

 

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