Join FP2020 by Making a Commitment

Sierra Leone will engage private sector providers and strengthen human resources for health in order to scale up family planning services and community outreach to marginalized populations, including young people. Other commitments include piloting voucher schemes to increase access for the poor, and partnering with CSOs for family planning advocacy and monitoring availability and access to voluntary family planning. 

Sierra Leone commits to increasing the annual health budget from 8 percent to 12 percent by 2013 and gradually increase until the Abuja target of 15 percent is achieved. The Government of Sierra Leone will increase the family planning budget line from 0.42 percent in 2012 to 1 percent by 2020, recognizing that this will be 1 percent of a projected increasing budget for health overall and secure additional funding for family planning by partnering with donors.

A solid policy platform for family planning is already in place. This includes:

• The National Health Sector Strategic Plan
• The Reproductive, Newborn and Child Health Policy and Strategy
• The Reproductive Health Commodity security strategic Plan
• The Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategic Plan for Adolescents and Young People
• The Ministry's 5-year Results and Accountability Framework
• CARMMA
• IHP+ Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone strives to increase CPR to 25 percent in 2015 and 30 percent in 2020 as well as decrease unmet need to 18 percent in 2015 and 10 percent by 2020 and decrease teenage pregnancy rates to 30 percent in 2015 and 15 percent in 2020.