Efforts were being made to make family planning services available, but contraceptive prevalence was still very low.

The Panel finds that it was reasonable and prudent for Iran to provide contraceptive services to the refugees, and that the services provided were consistent with international practice for refugee health care.

Contraceptive use 5 per cent

Family planning services for refugees Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 15,501 for contraceptive services it provided to refugees in five provinces, including birth control pills, condoms, intrauterine devices, vasectomies and tubal ligations.

In 1997, the percentile distribution of the Population in Reproductive Age for current contraceptive use, according to sex, was the following as per contraceptive use

The fertility rate is declining and contraceptive use is increasing.

It calls on the State party to improve the availability of sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning, also with the aim of preventing clandestine abortions, and to make available, without requiring the permission of the husband, contraceptive services to women and girls.

It is concerned about the causes of morbidity and mortality in women, particularly the number of deaths due to illegal abortions, and about inadequate family planning services and the low rates of contraceptive use.

To spread information about family planning, premature pregnancy, contraceptive methods and other issues.

The current contraceptive prevalence rate was 42.3 per cent, also indicating an improvement.

It is important to note that the most popular contraceptive method was the hormonal injectable, which accounted for 18.1 per cent of contraceptive use in rural areas in 2001, compared with 4.9 per cent in 1998.

The Panel further finds that the number of refugees to whom Iran claims to have provided contraceptive services is consistent with the refugee population between the ages of 15 and 49, and that the costs claimed are reasonable.

But such services must not shy away from promoting and providing modern contraceptive methods to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Nearly 20 of women in developing countries report that they would like to stop having more children but are not using any form of contraception or family planning, possibly because reproductive services are not available.

Approximately, 40 of women and 33 of men do not know any modern contraceptive method.

And, in fact, among people who know some contraceptive methods better, do also know some traditional ones.

Similarly the percentage of couples becoming aware of contraceptive methods and practicing has also registered an increase.

However, men's participation in family planning remains limited and the burden is carried mainly by women, which is reflected in the structure of contraceptive measures 57 using Intra uterine devices, 11.4 using oral contraceptive pills, 7.5 using condoms, only 0.5 using male sterilization (2003 figures).

Access to contraceptive measures increased from 71.9 in 1999 to 76.9 in 2002 (Table 5.3 of the Annex).

The knowledge of Mozambicans concerning modern and traditional contraceptive methods is very low, both in women and men.

In 2001 contraceptive prevalence was 69 per cent, reflecting a significant increase compared with 1998 (47 per cent).

The basic finding is that the contraceptive prevalence rate is lower among rural women compared to urban women.

Table 5.3 Ratio of married women from 15 to 49 years old currently using contraceptive measures by different age groups ( )

About 13 of women and 20 of men have some time used some sort of modern contraceptive in their life.

To protect women's health, modern contraceptive methods aimed at preventing an unwanted pregnancy may be recommended if a woman requests them.

Intensive communication campaigns and availability of modern family planning measures gave women more and better choices for the most suitable contraceptive measures.

The Committee recommends HKSAR to develop a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health programme, including a public awareness raising campaign about safe contraceptive methods.

Information on how much contraceptive information was provided to adolescents to reduce teen pregnancy and on the rate of illegal abortions would be welcome.

They may use, as they wish, contraceptive devices and methods, including surgical sterilization, etc. (article 12 of the law on reproductive health and reproductive rights).

In 2003, thanks to more effective contraceptive measures, the number of abortions reduced by 19.84 to 174,505 in comparison with that of the year 2000.

In the developing world, progress is especially notable in contraceptive use and school enrolment rates, but little has been done worldwide to save women's lives.

In 2004, medical staff had been trained in contraceptive techniques in three of the largest regions of the country, where about 70 per cent of the population was concentrated.

She also expressed concern that despite the high literacy rate, the fertility rate, at 4.3, remained high and the contraceptive prevalence rate, 33 per cent in 1999, was low.

More must be done to address the issues of teenage pregnancy, abortion and contraceptive use in Samoa, particularly since the school curriculum did not cover reproductive and sexual health issues.

According to the 2001 demographic and health survey, during the reporting period 98.5 per cent of Nicaraguan women were familiar with some contraceptive method, compared with 97.2 per cent in 1998.

In the context of that program, women receive information on the existing anti contraceptive methods and family planning, so that they may be able to decide on how to space their children.

Contraceptive use among men was rare however, that was expected to change now that the Government, in close cooperation with the World Health Organization and other international organizations, was distributing condoms to men.

Young people note the lack of a gender approach to sexual and reproductive health policies and interventions, leading to the false belief that young women are solely responsible for sexual health and contraceptive methods.

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Likewise, could information be provided on the high rates of HIV AIDS and infections from sexually transmitted diseases, and was it the case that such infections were spreading because of polygamy, promiscuity and low contraceptive use?

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These Reference Services have emergency anti conception services, including 77 hospitals, 173 health centers and 44 legal abortion services.

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