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Family Planning

FAMILY PLANNING INDIA

VISION

FPA India envisions health, particularly sexual and reproductive health for all, especially marginalized and young people, in the broad context of sustainable development leading towards the alleviation of poverty, stabilization of population, gender equality, and human rights.

 

MISSION

FPA India strengthens a voluntary and non-government commitment to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights including family planning. It supports the rights of individuals to reproductive choices, including legal and safe abortion; works towards reducing the spread and the impact of STIs /HIV/AIDS and increasing access to gender sensitive SRH information, education and services to all especially the young and marginalized and eliminating violence, discrimination, and abuse.

 

WHAT WE ARE & WHAT WE DO

Established in 1949, FPA India has been recognized as India‘s leading and largest reproductive and sexual health organization. It provides information on sexuality education and family life and a wide range of services in sexual and reproductive health including family planning, bringing health and happiness to millions.

FPA India works closely with NGOs and the Government.

FPA India is contributing towards:

  • Population Stabilization
  • Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and Sex Selective Abortions
  • Reduction in Infant Mortality Rate
  • Reduction in Maternal Mortality Rate
  • Reduction in Reproductive Morbidity of Men and Women
  • Reduction in Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV
  • Gender Equity and Gender Equality
  • Meeting the SRH Needs of Youth

ACTIVITIES

FPA India works through 38 Branches and special projects spread across the country assisted by national/international funding.

The Branches manage:
– 37 Reproductive Health and Family Planning Centres
– 23 Urban Family Welfare Centres
– 38 Outreach Service Units
– 31 Sexuality Education, Counselling, Research, Training/Therapy Centres

Supported by:
– 5,448 Community Based Distributors
– 2,671 Local Voluntary Groups
– 3,483 Peer educators
– 46,934 Grass-root level volunteers

Serves over 7,52,467 clients

CAPACITY BUILDING

Provides training in the area of SRH medical care, counselling skills, and sexuality education to:

Medical/Paramedical persons

Teacher/Educators

NGOs

Youth leaders/Community leaders

Grassroots workers/Community

health workers

Counsellors

Field workers

Dais

Practitioners of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy

INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT POLICIES

  • Bringing sexualtity education into the school curriculum.
  • Demonstrating that reproductive health care can gain acceptance through NGOs.
  • Operating government-funded Urban Family Welfare Centres at the Branch level
Stimulating community participation in sexual and reproductive health and a rights based approach through various gender sensitive developmental activities.
Offering consultancy services and assisting other voluntary organisations to link reproductive and child health (RCH) activities with their ongoing work.

As a National NGO FPA India supports FNGOs under the Government MNGO scheme. Provides six FPA India Branches – Ahmedabad, Madurai, Manipur, Mohali, Lucknow and Trivandrum have been accorded Mother NGO status.

Link : http://www.fpaindia.org/

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