The historic people’s movement in 2006 entrenched health as a fundamental human
right in Nepal (National Development Plan, 2007/2008–2010/2011), but the country has long since recognized the benefits of scaling up Family
Planning (FP). This can be seen in the prominence given to FP services throughout the country’s development plans and strategies, including:
the three-year Interim Development Plan, 2010/2011–2012/2013; the Eleventh Development Plan, 2008-2013; the Second Long-Term Health
Plan, 2006-2017; the Population Perspective Plan, 2010-2031; and the Nepal Health Sector Program Implementation Plan II, 2010-2015 (NHSP-IP II)
and NHSP III, currently being developed.
The intention behind these efforts is to develop a well-educated, skilled and healthy nation and graduate from a ‘Least Develo ped Country’ to a ‘Developing Country’ by 2022. To do so it will require not only that the economy grows by 8% per annum, but that the growth is inclusive. Given the level of inequality portrayed in the recently released Nepal Human Development Report 2014, substantial efforts are required to reduce inequality and increase levels of human development to sustain the peace that has only recently been achieved. Improving health is one of the goals with ambitious targets aimed at reducing
maternal, neonatal, and infant and under-five mortality as well as number of underweight children. In the area of FP, the Government of Nepal aims to enable women and couples to attain the desired family size and have healthy spacing
of childbirths by improving access to rights-based FP services and reducing unmet need for modern contraceptives.
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Keywords:
FAMILY PLANNING, HUMAN REPRODUCTION, HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, SEX EDUCATION, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, WOMEN'S HEALTH, YOUTH HEALTH
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UNFPA
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Population studies
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- Family Planning
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