A Priority for Family Program in Cultivation Family Planning

At this year of 2010, National Family Planning Coordinating Agency (BKKBN) to target the new family planning participants terlayaninya approximately 7.1 million participants. Of that amount, 2.9 million were new family planning participants from poor families.

"BKKBN also targeting approximately 2,545,000 participants in 2010 male family planning," he said after the closing Conggress Sugiri Kelpendudukan Development and the National Family Planning in 2010, in Jakarta, Thursday (18th) afternoon.

Sugiri explained, cultivation of new family planning participants from among poor families is according to the direction the Vice President at the opening Conggress Boediono Development of National Population and Family Planning in 2010 the vice president's palace, Wednesday (17 / 2).

Vice quoted Boediono, Sugiri argued, if the poor do not a priority to become new family planning participants, fear Indonesia will again experience the population explosion (baby boom). Poor families are potentially increase the number of residents. This will be a burden in the future.

Government through the BKKBN has provided free contraceptives for poor families. "Therefore all parties should give great attention and truly against the development of population and family planning," said Sugiri.

Sugiri BKKBN officials requested that enhance partnerships and coordination with government provincial, district / city in order to give high priority to the development of population and family planning. With these efforts on population and family planning development is expected to accelerate the achievement of the target Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

"In order to support national priority programs and success RPJMN 2010-2014, the BKKBN has an obligation to improve the coverage kaulitas and family planning services through 23,500 government family planning clinics and private," said Sugiri confirmed.

Sugiri also the occasion to remind that the development of population and family planning is a cross-sectoral programs. This fact makes the BKKBN officials can not work alone. Services in the field largely determined by the various sector and other programs as well as professional organizations and NGOs.

Answering questions from reporters about siri marriage and polygamy to be legalized by the law, Sugiri firmly disagree. According Sugiri, if approved nikah siri into law, then it is potentially increase the number of residents. "The family planning program could fall apart if siri marriage legalized," he said.