International Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress

Nowels, Larry ; Veillette, Connie

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Families;    Domestic relations;    Economic security;    Birth control;   

RP-ID  :  RL33250
RP-ID  :  RL33250_2006Feb17

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report examines issues surrounding the debate on family planning, which is at times the most contentious foreign aid issue considered by Congress. The cornerstone of U.S. policy has remained a commitment to international family planning programs based on principles of volunteerism and informed choice that give participants access to information on all major methods of birth control. At present, USAID maintains family planning projects in more than 60 countries that include counseling andservices, training of health workers, contraceptive supplies and distribution, financial management, public education and marketing, and biomedical and contraceptive research and development. USAID applies a broad reproductive health approach to its family planning programs, increasingly integrating it with other interventions regarding maternal and child health, the enhancement of the status of women, and HIV prevention and transmission.