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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Other Anglophone countries. (Family planning programs)

AUTHORS

Gauthier H; Brown GF

SOURCE

Studies in Family Planning 6(8): 293-297. August 1975.

ABSTRACT

Family planning program activities in various Anglophone countries of SubSaharan Africa are described. Excluding

Malawi and Somalia, both of whom have taken little action in family planning, the countries are classified according

to the family planning policies of their governments and the degree of government efforts to develop services.

Mauritius and Botswana are grouped in the 1st category of countries with active family planning programs with

explicit goals of birthrate and/or population growth reduction. South Africa and Rhodesia belong in a separate group

because of the White ruling minorities in both countries. The family planning programs in these countries are

officially pursued for health reasons only. A 3rd grouping of 6 countries - Swaziland, Uganda, Lesotho, Tanzania,

Liberia, and Zambia - favor the integration of family planning into their health services. The very limited family

planning activities in Ethiopia, Gambia, and Sierra Leone are briefly described. A substantial amount of descriptive

detail is provided for the family planning programs of Mauritius, Botswana, Lesotho, Tanzania, Liberia, and Zaire.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3017-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Other Anglophone countries. (Family planning programs)",

is(are) Gauthier H; Brown GF. The source of this article is "Studies in Family Planning 6(8): 293-297. August 1975.".

This article was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3017-06. All

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