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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Mind the gap: responding to the global funding crisis in family planning.

AUTHORS

Gribble JN; Jennings V; Nikula M

SOURCE

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 2004 Jul;30(3):155-157.

ABSTRACT

The widening gap between the cost of meeting family planning needs and the funding available for commodities and

programmes is a concern among policymakers and reproductive health professionals. The gap could reach US$210

million by 2015. Its causes are clear; its solutions are not. While changes in programme method mix and cost

shifting could address this gap, an often over-looked alternative is the development and introduction of effective, low-

cost methods. The Standard Days Method (SDM) has a first-year failure rate of only 4.8 (correct use) and is

acceptable to many women around the world. It is easily integrated into programmes. Many SDM users rely on

CycleBeads to help identify the days when pregnancy is likely. Though already meeting couples' needs in many

places, the SDM responds in a unique way to needs in settings with high use of traditional methods, high levels of

unmet need, and chronic depletion of commodities. The donor gap could have negative consequences, but it also

facilitates reassessing family planning programme policies to include other effective, low-cost methods.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 589-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Mind the gap: responding to the global funding crisis in

family planning.", is(are) Gribble JN; Jennings V; Nikula M. The source of this article is "Journal of Family Planning

and Reproductive Health Care. 2004 Jul;30(3):155-157.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 589-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 589

This article is peer-reviewed.

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