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YEAR: 1968

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

An independent summing up of the seminar. (Family planning and population

policy in Africa)

AUTHORS

Fox T

SOURCE

In: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). The role of family

planning in African development. Proceedings of a seminar held at University

College, Nairobi, Kenya, December 13-16, 1967. London, England, IPPF, 1968. p.

ABSTRACT

Discussions held at a conference on family planning and population in Africa are summarized. The idea of family

planning has spread in the last 4-5 years. The annual growth rate of the population in Africa is still approximately

3%, which could lead to food shortages, unemployment, and other miseries. For the African situation, it would be

better to cover a great deal of territory with resident health workers who keep in contact with a central medical

headquarters than to rely on a small supply of highly trained medical personnel in a clinic situation. There are

barriers to family planning among health workers, but it would be a mistake to overemphasize them. Voluntary

associations have an important role to play in family planning, as do local village leaders. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT9T 1092-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "An independent summing up of the seminar. (Family

planning and population policy in Africa)", is(are) Fox T. The source of this article is "In: International Planned

Parenthood Federation (IPPF). The role of family planning in African development. Proceedings of a seminar held at

University College, Nairobi, Kenya, December 13-16, 1967. London, England, IPPF, 1968. p. 63-68". This article

was published in 1968 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT9T 1092-06. All rights reserved

with PubHealth.info) PIN: 41092

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