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Vice
President, Dr. Ghalib Mohamed Bilal, pressing a button to re-launch the Green Star campaign after opening the National Family Planning Conference in Dar es
Salaam. On his right is Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Hussein
Mwinyi and left are TACAIDS Chairpersn, Dr. Fatuma Mrisho; Family Planning stakeholders
with FP2020 Director, Dr Valerio De Fillipo (in a blue coat).
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Speaking during the opening ceremony of a three-day national family planning conference and re-launch of the Green Star, he said the step would help the country to have sustainable services of family planning.
“We also encourage availability of enough contraceptives and on time, as well as fighting against and remove misconceptions on the modern family planning methods,” said the Vice President.
The Vice President request the Ministry for Health, Finance, Gender and Women Development, Prime Ministers Regional and Local Government Authorities and the Planning Commission at the President’s office to corporate in revolving family planning services.
Dr. Billal encourage on males participation, availability of education and information on family planning among the community including youths.
On his part, the Minister for Health and Social welfare, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, said family planning would reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality from 20 to 35 and from 10 to 12 per cent respectively.
“This is because family planning enables a woman to avoid frequent as well as unintended pregnancies, hence, to escape unsafe abortions,” he said.
However, he said, family planning would help mothers to avoid risk pregnancies which occur to adolescence as well as pregnancies on women above the age of 35 years.
Together with health-wise advantages, according to the minister, family planning had also the huge opportunity to reduce rapid population growth
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