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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The new Europe: recent developments and their impact on family planning.

AUTHORS

Thomas L

SOURCE

JOURNAL OF FAMILY WELFARE. 1992 Sep;38(3):78-80.

ABSTRACT

This article describes the changes that family planning services in central and eastern Europe are undergoing due to

political changes. The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) for the European Region is providing

technical support to family planning programs throughout eastern Europe. An estimated 70 million women are of

reproductive age in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) republics and Baltic countries, many of whom

are in need of reproductive health services. These countries have an almost total lack of safe, modern, reliable, and

quality contraception and a heavy reliance on abortion to control fertility. The family planning service gaps are

compounded by the hard economic and social circumstances, in part precipitated by the shift to open economic

market systems. Lack of education and knowledge about contraception and supply access are other obstacles to

contraceptive use. IPPF is working to establish local national infrastructure for family planning in each country. The

Russian Association is working with the CIS republics in order to improve people's knowledge, to train teams of

specialists, to publish materials, and to set up national branches. IPPF is supplying the Russian Association with

contraceptive supplies and materials and support for training and project activities. The newly created Romanian

Society for Education on Contraception and Sexuality is successful in providing information services and operating a

small number of model clinics for reproductive health services. The Czech and Slovak republics are working

together on key planned parenthood issues. In Poland, people are organizing planned parenthood groups to halt the

loss of reproductive rights. Albania is shifting from a pronatalist policy to establishment of a Planned Parenthood

Association. Nationalism and emigration complicate the political context in which family planning is practiced.

The IPPF plans to offer moral support as well as resources. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1581-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The new Europe: recent developments and their impact on

family planning.", is(are) Thomas L. The source of this article is "JOURNAL OF FAMILY WELFARE. 1992

Sep;38(3):78-80.". This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT3T 1581-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 11581

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