Population Institute Releases Report on Family Planning in Latin America
On February 2, 2012, the Population Institute released a report, titled “USAID Graduation from Family Planning Assistance: Implications for Latin America”, prepared by Dr. Jane T. Bertrand at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. The report, which was finalized in October of 2011, examines how plans by USAID to phase out family planning assistance in Latin America could affect family planning and reproductive health in the region. The report looked at six countries in Latin America, including three countries that are currently scheduled for graduation (Honduras, Nicaragua, and Paraguay) and three countries that have not yet met the USAID criteria for graduation (Bolivia, Guatemala, and Haiti).
In releasing the report, Robert Walker, the President of the Population Institute, said, “USAID’s family planning assistance program in Latin America has been a great success story, but the job is far from over.” Walker warned, however, that, “Despite the gains that have been made, not all countries in the region have progressed at the same rate, and in several countries there is a continuing need for assistance from USAID, UNFPA and other donors if contraceptive security and reproductive health are to be maintained.”
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