more-inOn World Population Day, the government committed to expanding the reach of modern contraceptives by 2020 at the International Family Planning Summit in London on Tuesday. The Health Ministry launched a campaign focussing on population stabilisation in 146 high fertility districts across seven States in India. The summit brings together 37 governments, 16 companies and 11 civil society organisations, to accelerate progress on rights-based family planning programmes. Under this, specific targeted initiatives shall be taken for population stabilisation through better services delivery,” said J.P. Nadda, Health Minister at a function organised by Jansankhya Sthirita Kosh. Allocation for family planning alone in the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCH+A) budget is expected to exceed $2 billion by 2020.

Source: The Hindu July 11, 2017 18:56 UTC