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By Hari Fitri Putjuk, Center for Communications Programs Indonesia
Developing countries aiming to build strong family planning programs often look to Indonesia as a model — and with good reason.
On August 9th, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health signed a collaboration memorandum with BKKBN (Indonesia’s National Population and Family Planning Board) to formalize its partnership and recognize a new collaboration for improving research, policies and practice in family planning and reproductive health.
Indonesian government leaders will reaffirm their commitment to family planning at a special summit this week commemorating World Contraception Day, recognized annually on September 26th. Leaders will present a new government framework intended to increase access and quality of family planning services.