Family planning in East Timor

Tue, 13 Sep 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

DILI, East Timor: Some 43 percent of an estimated 106,000
fertile couples in the predominantly Roman Catholic East Timor
are registered as participants of family planning.

An official of the governor's office, Armen Thaher, said that
the majority of the couples opted for the injectable birth
control method because it is considered to be the least risky and
most practical, the Antara news agency reported.

Armen said the government has not yet been able to reach the
isolated villages to provide them with family planning services.

He stressed that family planning is being promoted here not as
a means of limiting births but regulating them, to ensure the
prosperity and peace of the family. (emb)

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