CONTENTS
Chapters
- Thirty Years of Family Planning Programs
- Family Planning Demand
- Contraceptive Access
- Choice of Contraceptive Methods
- Client-Centered Quality
- Communication
- Well-Trained Providers
- Program Leadership and Strategic Management
- Research and Evaluation
- Political Commitment
- Financial Resources
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Volume XXII, Number 2
August, 1994 |
Variety of Sources
Having many different sources of family planning increases access by
meeting the needs of different people. Particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan
Africa, government programs are the major source of family planning. In
33 of 42 countries surveyed by the DHS as of 1992, governments served more
users than private for-profit providers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
or other family planning providers. In 25 of these countries governments
served a majority of family planning users (164
).
In every region nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) also
provide many people with services, including in such
high-prevalence countries as Colombia and Mauritius. In Colombia
Profamilia has been responsible for introducing community-based
and commercially based outreach as well as clinic-based services
(6).
The for-profit commercial sector is also an important source of family
planning in Latin America and the Near East. For example, in 10 of 15
Latin American countries surveyed since 1985, the commercial sector serves
a higher percentage of contraceptive users than does the government (164).
In Brazil, Paraguay, and Egypt, private providers supply more than two-thirds
of family planning users (164).
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