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Contraceptives reach rural women through pioneering system

Midwife Nan Win Phyu at the Nam Khoke Rural Health Centre uses a family planning wheel to explain contraceptive options. © UNFPA Myanmar/Si Thu Soe Moe

31 July 2017

Publications

Contraceptives and Condoms for Family Planning and STI & HIV Prevention: External Procurement Support Report 2014

Number of pages: 104

Publication date: 30 Dec 2015

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

News

Organizations raise alarm over “global contraceptive crisis”

Nurse adviser Clementine Denagmi offers family planning counseling at a clinic run by the Benin Family Planning Association in Cotonou, Benin. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard

26 September 2016

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Giving women choices: Family planning options increase in rural Ethiopia

Semira Umer, a health extension worker in northern Ethiopia, often counsels women on family planning. She says almost every married woman in the area now knows about the contraceptive options available. ©UNFPA Ethiopia/Mulugeta Ayene

05 January 2016

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Acceptance of family planning grows in Afghanistan, but myths linger

Nargis, a midwife, provides family planning counselling in Herat, Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ahmadullah Amarkhil

23 November 2015

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Family planning fair dispels rumours, empowers women

Patricia, 23, arrived at the fair knowing very little about contraception. But she was intrigued. "I do not want to have more children now because I do not have the means to support them," she said. © UNFPA WCARO

21 July 2015

Going the last mile for family planning in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Published on: 10/04/2015

In Lao People's Democratic Republic, a UNFPA-supported programme is bringing contraceptives and reproductive counselling to women in even the most remote villages. Learn more here.

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Going the last mile to provide family planning in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Laipong and Tongdam Kongwan receive family planning information and services from Bounthone Kongphongma, a community health volunteer, in the remote village of Lao Luang. © UNFPA/Micka Perier

03 March 2015

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