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Thousands of political leaders, scientists, healthcare professionals, advocates and young leaders from around the globe will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 12-15 November 2013 for the Third International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2013), says a press release. Organised around the theme “Full Access, Full Choice,” ICFP 2013 will call attention to the wide-ranging benefits of helping couples plan and space their births and take stock of progress to ensure that everyone has access to voluntary family planning services and methods that meet their needs.
ICFP 2013 will be held one year after the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, which generated unprecedented political will and financial support to reduce global unmet need for family planning by giving 120 million more women access to modern contraceptives by 2020. At ICFP 2013, participants will share the latest data, research and programme findings to help achieve the Summit’s goal. The conference, which is jointly organised by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will be preceded by a High-Level Ministerial Meeting on 12 November, focusing on youth and the Demographic Dividend.
The conference will recognise nations that have made new or expanded commitments to family planning and have seen the benefits of doing so. Among them is the conference’s host country, Ethiopia.
“Ethiopia has seen firsthand how giving a woman the resources she needs to plan her pregnancies improves not only the woman’s life, but also the health and well-being of her family and community,” said Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu, Ethiopia’s Minister of Health. “We look forward to sharing Ethiopia’s successes with the international community, and are eager to learn from the experiences of others who are expanding access to family planning.”

Source - The Daily Star