Area of Focus: Family Planning

Created: Jan 05, 2007
Updated: Jun 28, 2007

Family Planning

Family planning is a service to help families with birth control and child health to help people have the number of children they desire.

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Featured Resources

World Health Organization Factsheet: Emergency Contraception

World Health Organization Report: Programming for Male Involvement in Reproductive Health

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Family Health International China is a dynamic organization working worldwide to address comprehensive health issues and their consequences in resource-poor settings. FHI emphasizes the development of strategies to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic; other sexually transmitted infections; unintended pregnancies; and related reproductive health concerns of individuals and communities.

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"Integrating men into existing family planning services improves sustainability."
- WHO Report Recommendation

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