Family planning survey results shared

The project is meant to reduce unmet needs and increase contraceptive prevalence rates by 15%

In a ceremony held in Lahore, the Sukh Initiative shared the results of its four-year family planning project. The project was meant to reduce unmet needs and increase contraceptive prevalence rates by 15%. In 2012, for the first time, Pakistan saw its first urban family planning project exclusively dedicated to a one million catchment population in four towns of Karachi, namely Lyari, Malir, Bin Qasim and Korangi. Speaking at the ceremony, Sukh Initiative Project Head Dr Haris Ahmed said that evidence from Sukh has helped the government to bring about operational and policy changes, thereby improving family planning access and usage. According to the findings of the project, there was a reported 20% increase in the usage of modern contraceptives.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 5^th, 2019.