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30/07/22 22:23 PM IST

India Family Planning 2030 vision document

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  • Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare has stated that India has achieved RLF (Replacement Fertility rate) with 31 States/UTs reaching a total fertility rate of 2.1 or less. He also unveiled India Family Planning 2030 document vision.
FP 2030
  • Family Planning (FP) 2030 is the successor to FP2020, a global initiative for family planning providing a space for stakeholders to convene, align, share knowledge, broker resources, and advance the field.
  • At the summit themed ‘Sustaining efforts, Steering Partnerships, Shaping Vision in Family Planning – Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas and Sabka Vikas’, She stated that “between 2012 and 2020, India added over 1.5 crore additional users for modern contraceptives thereby increasing the modern contraceptive use substantially.
  • India has achieved replacement level fertility, with 31 states and Union Territories having achieved a total fertility rate of 2.1 or less.
  • The minister unveiled the India Family Planning 2030 vision document and launched the Medical Eligibility Criteria Wheel Application, e-Module of Family Planning Logistics Management System and digital archive on family planning.
  • She introduced the National Family Planning helpline manual, Community Health Officer booklet, and ASHA brochure and leaflet (family planning).
Issues discussed 
  • Teenage Childbearing and early/child marriage declined to 6. 8% (2019-21) from 7.9% (2015-16)
  • Married adolescent girls and young women reported a high unmet need for contraception
  • Although modern contraceptive use among married adolescents and young women has increased, it remains low.
  • From NFHS-4 to NFHS-5, India witnessed an impressive improvement in contraceptive use and unmet need
  • Lack of access to contraceptives, non-awareness, non-participation of males and inaccessibility to health facilities is a major concern of family planning
  • Male contraceptive methods were largely limited to condoms. Male sterilisation was at 0.3%.
  • Need to involve the private sector to provide modern contraceptives: Private sector contributes 45% share of pills and 40% share of condoms.
Source- Financial Express 

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