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Explore the importance of achieving equity in family planning, uncovering inequities in access to services, and addressing the underlying factors that can hinder health and development goals. Learn from case studies in Kenya, DR Congo, Bolivia, Senegal, and India, highlighting different approaches and strategic options to promote equity in family planning services.
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Achieving Equity in Family Planning: Getting Beyond the RhetoricSession 1.2.11 Karen Foreit1, Janine Barden-O'Fallon2, Jessica Dietrich3, Cheikh Seck4, Suneeta Sharma1 1Futures Group, USA 2University of North Carolina, USA 3International Planned Parenthood Federation WHR, USA 4Initiative Senegalaise de SanteUrbaine, Senegal
Why equity? • Neglected topic in family planning • Inequities in access to services violate principles of human rights • May prevent countries from reaching health and development goals
What is an equity approach? • Addresses differences in access to and use of quality family planning services that are: • Unwanted and avoidable • Unfair and unjust • Focuses on sub-groups, not the general population • Targets the mostdisadvantaged
Different situations require different approaches Kenya 2008 • Strategic options: • Focus on the poorest of the rural poor
Different situations require different approaches DR Congo 2007 • Strategic options: • Improve family planning nation-wide • Give special attention to rural areas • May be too soon for a poverty focus
Our panel: research to practice • Disentangling poverty and place of residence • Increasing coverage of vulnerable populations in Bolivia • Designing interventions for urban poor in Senegal • Increasing public resources for health in poorest states of India