FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION
INTRODUCTION
FPA
India envisions health particularly sexual and reproductive health for all,
especially marginalized and going people, in the broad context of sustainable
development leading towards the alleviation of poverty, stabilization of
population, gender equality and human rights. FPA India strengthens a voluntary
and non-government commitment to promote sexual and reproductive health and
rights including family planning.
FAMILY
PLANNING ASSOCIATION IN INDIA
The family planning association in
Now
the association has branches all over the country. The branches are running
family planning clinics with grants-in aid from the government. They also have
the district branches in works closely with NGOs and the government.
GOALS OF
FPA
Ø
Population
stabilization
Ø
Prevention
of unsafe abortion and sex selective abortions
Ø
Reduction
in
Ø
Reduction
in maternal mortality rate
Ø
Reduction
reproductive morbidity of men & women
Ø
Reduction
in sexually transmitted infection in duding HIV
Ø
Gender
equity and gender equality
Ø
Meeting
the sexual and reproductive health needs of youth
SERVICES
OF FPA
Ø
Contraceptives
[for men & women]
Ø
Abortion
[medical & surgical]
Ø
Emergency
contraception
Ø
Maternal
health care
Ø
Child
health care
Ø
Diagnosis
& treatment of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted
infection and other reproductive health care [for men & women]
Ø
Infertility
Ø
Adolescent
sexual & reproductive health care
Ø
Counseling
Ø
Prevention
& management of HIV/AIDS
Ø
Pathological
/ diagnostic facilities
ACTIVITIES
OF FPA
FPA India works through 38 brunches and
special projects spread across the country assisted by national / international
funding.
The
Branches Manage
Ø 37 reproductive Health
and Family planning Centres.
Ø 23 Urban Family
Welfare Centres.
Ø 38 Outreach service
units.
Ø 31 Sexuality Education,
Counselling, Research, Training / Therappy centres.
Supported
by
Ø 5,448 Community Based
Distributors
Ø 2671 Local Voluntary
Groups.
Ø 3,483 Peer educators
Ø 46,934 Gross Root
level volunteers.
Services
are provided to around 750,000 clients every year.
STRATEGIC
PLAN [2005-2009]; 5 ACTION AREAS 5A’S
FPA India focus is on:
1.
Access
2.
Advocasy
3.
Adolescents
4.
AIDS
5.
Abortion
1.
Access
Goal
All
people particularly the poor, marginalized, the socially excluded and
underserved are able to exercise their rights, to make free and informed
choices about their sexual and reproductive health information, sexuality
education and high quality services including family planning.
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION
By
removing socio – cultural barriers and promoting peoples participation and services
to marginalized and poverty affected population.
OBJECTIVE
Ø To empower 50% of
marginalized and poverty stricken women.
Ø To improve access of
30% marginalized and poverty affected population to high quality SRH
information and services using rights based approach.
MAJOR
ACTIVITIES
Ø Implementing need
based sexual and reproductive health care.
Ø Developing and
implementing behaviour change communication strategies.
Ø Providing sexual and
reproductive health care through clinical and non – clinical outlets
Ø Maintaining essential
standards and adopting quality of care approach.
Ø Involving men in
women’s health care.
Ø Increasing the
perception of the value of the girl child.
2.
Advocasy
Goal
Strong
Public, political and financial commitment and support for sexual and
reproductive health and rights at the national and international levels.
Strategic
direction
By
associating communities and policy makers for promoting SRH and enlist their
support for resources generation.
Objective
To achieve greater public support for
government commitment and accountability for SRH.
Major
activities
Ø Developing networks at
the grassroots level with NGOs.
Ø Establishing
partnerships with government functionaries at the panchayat, district, state
and national level.
Ø Estalbishing strategic
partnerships with NGOs, research agencies, donor agencies and other
institutions.
Ø Involving the media
for advocating sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Ø Publishing information
material on sexual and reproductive health and rights for mobilizing public
support.
3.
Adolescents
Goal
All
adolescents and young people are aware of their sexual and reproductive rights,
are empowered to make informed choices and decisions regarding SRH and are able
to act on them.
Strategic
Direction
By
building partnerships with municipal and government schools to provide SRH
education and services to school going adolescents [10-16yrs].
MAJOR
ACTIVITIES
Ø Providing age-linked
critical information on human sexuality, relationships etc.
Ø Building the capacity
of adolescents to provide sexuality education to their peers and to provide
basic counseling.
Ø Encouraging
adolescents to participate at decision making levels for providing adolescent
friendly information and services.
Ø Establishing
adolescent health centres for sexual and reproductive health care.
Ø Developing culture –
sensitive human sexuality curricula for implementation at schools.
4.
AIDS
Goal
Reduction
in the incidence of HIV / AIDs and the full protection of the rights of people
infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Strategic
Direction
By
integrating gender sensitive programmes for HIV / AIDS prevention and
management with ongoing SRH including family planning services in high prone
areas.
OBJECTIVE
Ø To increase access
tointerventions for the prevention of STDs / HIV / AIDs integrate SRH and FP
programs at 50% service delivery points.
Ø To reach out to 50% of
population in HIV prone areas to reduce social, religious, cultural, economic,
legal and political barriers that make people vulnerable to HIV / AIDs.
Major activities
Ø Upgrading clinics to
provide STD management and voluntary counseling and testing.
Ø Promoting condom use
for dual purpose.
Ø Providing antenatal
care services with voluntary counseling and testing services.
Ø Empowering women to
negotiate safe sex.
5.
Abortion
Goal
A
universal recognition of a woman’s right to choose and have access to safe
abortion and a reduction in the incidence of unsafe abortion.
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION
By
Lobbying and advocating for a women’s right to safe abortion, forging
partnership with the government and upgrading facilities for prevention of
unsafe as well as sex selective abortions.
MAJOR
ACTIVITIES
Ø Promoting the right to
choose safe abortion.
Ø Generating awareness
on prevention of abortion and the implications of unsafe abortions.
Ø Generating awareness
on the implications of sex selective abortions.
Ø Promoting newer
methods of abortion such as manual vaccum aspiration and medical abortion.
CONCLUSION
FPA
India strengthens a voluntary and non-government commitment to promote sexual
and reproductive health and rights including family planning. It supports the rights of individuals to
reproductive choices, education and services to all especially the young and
marginalized and eliminating violence, discriminating and abuse.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.
K.Park,
‘Parks Textbook of
Preventive and Social medicine’
M/s. Banarsidas Bhanot
Publishers
2.
B.T.Basavanthappa,
Community Health Nursing Jaypee Publishers,
3.
www.google.com-FPA India
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