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National 5 years ago
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COVID-19 drives people away from contraceptives
Fewer people are using, or continuing to use contraceptives as health facilities have suspended some of their services and as people avoid them over fear of contracting the virus. The most widely used contraceptive methods -- pills and injections -- require acceptors to visit health facilities once every one or three months.
Opinion 6 years ago
‘Negative COVID-19 but positive pregnancy’: Best to delay new baby
According to the National Population and Family Planning Board’s (BKKBN) latest figures, 28 million Indonesian couples receive contraception services. However, the board noticed a 20 to 30 percent decline in recipients from February to March, with variations among provinces.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Family planning: Best investment for rights
To plan a family is as difficult as to plan other important things in life. Very few Indonesian families make good plans. Most people do not plan anything: no plan for starting a savings account to pay children’s college fees, no plan for paying health insurance in case one day a catastrophic illness strikes and even no plan about what age to first have sex, or have a first pregnancy, or a first birth.
National 7 years ago
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Working age population surge ‘may be blessing or boomerang’
The UN's 2019 World Population Prospects report projected that the global population would reach 9.7 billion people by 2050 from 7.7 billion in mid-2019, with Indonesia placed eighth out of the countries expected to contribute most to the increase.
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