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DateJuly 11, 2016
The government of Vietnam commits to make family planning and reproductive health services more accessible in regions that have a slowly declining maternal mortality rate. In addition, Vietnam pledges to cooperate with telecommunication providers and high-tech media in proactively providing information to adolescents and unmarried youth; improving cooperation between public and private providers to provide youth-friendly services and contraceptive methods; developing reproductive and sexual health policies and strengthening intersectoral cooperation on youth's reproductive and sexual health; and promoting youth participation in developing, implementing, and monitoring reproductive and sexual health services and interventions.
The government also commits to improve rights-based approaches in providing family planning services, developing national standards for a quality system of contraceptive methods in accordance with international standards; developing policies to support participation of private-sector and nongovernmental organizations in providing contraceptives and family planning services; expanding and perfecting financial mechanisms for family planning services to ensure quality, competitive price, and method mix. Vietnam also pledges to strengthen the health system, improve linkages and integrate HIV into family planning and sexual and reproductive health policies, programs, and services at all levels; improving policies and interventions in accordance with culture; ensure the provision of quality family planning and sexual and reproductive health services, thereby improving clients' satisfaction.
DateSeptember 15, 2015
The government of Somalia commits to addressing barriers to accessing reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health services—with a particular focus on the most vulnerable populations—by implementing the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa and the Acceleration Plan on Mother and Child Health. Somalia also pledges to develop a regulatory framework to enhance collaboration between the public and private sectors.
DateSeptember 14, 2015
The government of Madagascar pledges to revise all executive and legislative documents to support an enabling environment for family planning and to effectively enforce all family planning and marriage-related laws. The government also commits to strengthening partnership and public and private multisectoral engagement in cooperation with all ministries.
DateJune 3, 2015
Marie Stopes International (MSI) commits to enabling a total of 26 million women (commitment updated on June 3, 2015), in the world’s poorest countries, to use contraceptives by 2020. MSI will work in partnership with governments to help identify, address and remove policy, financial, and other barriers to accessing contraceptives, information and services.
DateMarch 16, 2015
Nepal pledges to reposition family planning to foster sustainable social and economic development and to execute the Costed Implementation Plan on FP (2015-2020) within the Nepal Health Sector Program III (2015-2020). Nepal commits to identify barriers to accessing family planning services faced by individuals and couples, including adolescents and youth, those living in rural areas, migrants and other vulnerable or marginalized groups. The government also pledges to formulate policies and strategies to address these barriers. Furthermore, Nepal commits to improving the regulatory framework to promote public-private partnerships.
DateOctober 3, 2014
Togo commits to disseminating the national plan for repositioning family planning by June 30, 2015. In particular, the Government of Togo pledges to develop and adopt the implementing texts of the reproductive health law by December 31, 2014 and to disseminate the reproductive health law and its implementing texts by June 30, 2015.
The government also commits to developing a contractual arrangement strategy with the private sector for offering family planning services, and to scaling up best practices in reproductive health/family planning.
DateAugust 29, 2014
The Brush Foundation works toward a future in which family planning world-wide is available, affordable, acceptable, effective and safe. The foundation’s mission is to support organizations that advance the freedom of reproductive choice; promote access to and utilization of direct family planning services; disseminate reliable information on reproductive health and choice; support effective, accurate and comprehensive adolescent education on reproductive health and sexuality; and work toward responsible public policies for reproductive health.
Brush Foundation commits to contributing $30,000 toward global family planning efforts in 2014. Specifically, the foundation commits $25,000 to Pathfinder International and contributing $5,000 to Family Planning 2020's Rapid Response Mechanism to supports grants that fill urgent gaps and unforeseen time-bound opportunities to accelerate progress toward expanding access to family planning information, services and supplies.
DateJune 23, 2014
In addition to repositioning family planning, Burundi commits to exploring the possibilities of integrating population, health, and environment objectives into a single approach with a vision of improving family planning. The government also pledges to establish coordination mechanisms to improve the financial and active engagement by donors and an optimized fund allocation. In particular, it seeks to create a national population board to coordinate all activities related to family planning, population, and development. The government also pledges to improve the regulatory framework to improve public-private partnerships and expand family planning service points.
DateNovember 12, 2013
The Democratic Republic of Congo commits to executing on the national strategic plan for family planning for 2014-2020. The government also commits to protecting adolescent girls from early marriage through education, awareness raising, social integration, and women’s empowerment programs.
DateNovember 12, 2013
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo commits to reforming laws that pose barriers to responsible parenthood and planned births.
