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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Panama. (Family planning programs)

AUTHORS

Lavergne JA

SOURCE

Studies in Family Planning 6(8): 276-278. August 1975.

ABSTRACT

In 1974 the family planning program in Panama was characterized by increased coordination between the Ministry of

Health and the private Panamanian Association for Family Planning (APLAFA). Of the 180 health institutions of the

Minsitry of Health, 72 offer family planning services. There were 24,049 acceptors in 1974 for the Ministry and

APLAFA programs as well as for the community--based distribution program in Sabanita in the province of Colon.

Among the most important events in 1974 were the following: 1) the consolidation and integration of the programs of

the Ministry of Health with those of the Social Security Institute in the province of Colon, 2) the reorganization of the

Office of Population in the Ministry of Health, 3) efforts to increase the availability of female laparoscopic sterilization

in the facilities of the Ministry of Health, 4) the nomination of the president of APLAFA as a member of the offical

delegation to the World Population Conference, 5) the strengthening of research activities regarding population and

family planning Panama through an agreement between the Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy, APLAFA, and

AID, 6) naming of a director of information and education in APLAFA in order to improve the coordinaiton of these

activities with those of the Ministry of Health, 7) the initiation by APLAFA of a pilot program for the development of

human and financial resources, 8) development of a community-based contraceptive distribution program directed

toward the rural population in the province of Colon. The immediate future of family planning in Panama looks bright.

Improved coordination between APLAFA and the Ministry of Health is expected to increase the output of family

planning programs. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3024-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Panama. (Family planning programs)", is(are) Lavergne

JA. The source of this article is "Studies in Family Planning 6(8): 276-278. August 1975.". This article was published

in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3024-06. All rights reserved with

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