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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning: hope for a nation.

AUTHORS

Rodrigues W

SOURCE

Victor-Bostrom Fund Report No. 17, Fall 1973. p. 20-22.

ABSTRACT

The role of the Society for Family Welfare in Brazil (Benfam) in acting as a catalyst to all levels of the Brazilian

government for provision of family planning and related maternal and child health services is described. Until the

Brazilian national government accepts family planning, Benfam advances its cause in two ways: 1) countering the

propaganda of the pronatalists, and 2) providing family planning services to state and municipal governments and to

universities and private organizations upon request. Continued financial support from the IPPF as its single largest

annual grant recipient, and the winning of tax-exempt status in 1971 have further consolidated Benfam's position. In

addition, of the 9 agreements for provision of family planning services signed between Benfam and various Brazilian

governmental units in 1972, the most important agreement was reached with the state of Rio Grande do Norde, one of

Brazil's poorest regions. Much of the remainder of the article's content is devoted to refutation of pronatalist

arguments. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 84-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning: hope for a nation.", is(are) Rodrigues W.

The source of this article is "Victor-Bostrom Fund Report No. 17, Fall 1973. p. 20-22.". This article was published in

1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 84-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info)

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