REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NUSA DUA -- Global leaders including Indonesian President, Joko Widodo and UNFPA Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin highlight the need for global collaboration and local action to improve family planning access worldwode at International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2016 in Bali. It will bring together thousands of global policymakers, experts, researchers, youth and advocates on January 25-28 2016.

Organized around the theme ‘Global Commitments, Local Action,’ the ICFP 2016 will call attention to the wide-ranging benefits of helping people plan their fertility and their futures. It is included maternal improvement, newborn and chils health, increasing educational attainment, and greater household wealth.

“Expanding access to family planning is a global effort, but success ultimately depends on local action and the sustained commitment of national leaders,” Widodo said on Monday.

He recognized the family planning benefits for the health of communities as well as Indonesia’s economic development. Government committed to revitalize its programs to ensure services for women who need it most.

The conference also highlights global and national efforts to ensure that access to contraceptive information and services remain a priority for policymakers, donors, and the private sector. Meeting the global unmeet need for family planning services could save an estimated 1 in 4 women from deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth.

It also prevented 1.1 million infant deaths per year. The ICFP 2016 will serve as a platform for global partners to revisit their commitments to family planning and accelerate progress towards the Family Planning 2020 goal of expanding contraceptive access to an additional 120 million women by 2020. (Mutia Ramadhani)

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