ICFP2011

  • Blog post
    December 01, 2011

    Availability Yes - But Ultimately Knowledge

    December 1, 2011: It is an undeniable fact that Africa has made a significant progress in increasing access to family planning and reproductive health services.  For example, in Senegal and Malawi,  over 40% of the women who require contraceptives are able to access them—a substantial increase over a decade ago, when only 12% of women in Senegal and 28% in Malawi had access to the contraceptives they needed.  Political will has contributed to the decentralization of FP/RH commodity distribution; contraceptives are now more broadly available at the  community level. The President of Senegal, His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade, reiterated Senegal’s commitment to family planning and reproductive health services at the opening ceremony of the 2011 International  Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) this week.

     

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    November 30, 2011

    2nd International Family Planning Conference Opens in Dakar, Senegal

    Contributed from MSH Global Health Impact Blog by BARBARA AYOTTE on NOVEMBER 30, 2011

     

    Over 2,300 delegates, many colorfully dressed, gathered in Dakar, Senegal  at the jam-packed amphitheatre and two exterior tents of Le Meridien President for the start of this week’s 2nd International Family Planning Conference, sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Monica Kerrigan, of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said that one third of Africans live in francophone Africa, and yet it has been the most neglected area for family planning services. She praised Senegal for hosting the first family planning conference in French-speaking Africa and urged Senegal to use this opportunity to act boldly and make family planning an urgent priority.

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