Title: Founder president inaugurates 20th council meeting.

POPLINE Document Number: 129246

Source citation:

FPAN NEWSLETTER, 1997 Mar-Apr;17(2):1-2.

Abstract:

The Founder President, Ex-Minister for Health Mrs. Dwarika Devi Chand Thakurani inaugurated the 20th Central Council Meeting of the Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) held in Banepa-Kavre during April 18-19, 1997. FPAN's president, Sunil Kumar Bhandari, recanted how the FPAN was created in 1959 by several pioneering leaders, before implementation of the government's program in 1965. However, despite decades of program efforts, the gap between the knowledge about contraception and the practice of family planning remains wide and in need of narrowing. That goal can be achieved by providing the proper information and making the appropriate services available throughout the rural areas. A need also exists to promote and repackage family planning as a component of reproductive health. Of immediate concern is making services available to individuals who are already motivated or will be motivated with little persuasion. FPAN expects to contribute significantly toward that end.

Keywords:

Nepal
Conferences and Congresses
Family Planning Programs
Nongovernmental Organizations
Goals
Developing Countries
Asia, Southern
Asia
Family Planning
Programs
Organization and Administration
Organizations
Planning