Ethiopia: Ministry Launches 700m Br Family Planning Project

Ministry of Health launched a family planning project last week worth 700 million Br, funded by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development. The project will be implemented by Marie Stopes International's Ethiopia office and will run for two years until the end of 2020.

During the launch of the program, the Ministry's Maternal, Child Health & Nutrition Director Meseret Zelalem (MD) noted that the government is working to increase the contraceptive prevalence to 55pc by 2020 from the 36pc in 2016.

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