Indonesia to revive national family planning programme

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According to Hasmi, who is also general secretary of the Indonesian Demographic Association, the government is changing laws regarding regional autonomy, which "will benefit the family planning programme since it results in making the responsibility of local government to the programme clearer, whereas in the current regional autonomy act, it is a bit vague". "To reach populations that [lack] access [to] static health care facilities such as those living in remote areas, border areas, in remote islands, and in the slum areas, BKKBN and relevant partners [have] increased mobile services activities", he says, adding that women are being encouraged to use long-term contraceptive methods.