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BKKBN and Ministry of Health to expedite approval of FP policies
The FP policies on Post-partum and post-abortion FP counselling; FP commodities and services for emergency and crisis populations are still under review yet are key in improving FP access. In addition, the Approval and endorsement of BKKBN’s decree related to supply chain management is needed
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Engaging private sector to increase youth-friendly RH services
Due to limitation from National law, the Government is not permitted to provide family planning services for adolescents, including contraceptives, hence focus only on the outreach and providing information and education. However, this particular gap can be filled up by CSOs and non-government’s contribution. Unfortunately, there is still lack of effort in addressing this gap, especially to reinforce a network or collaboration between these two sectors.
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Advocacy efforts for budget tracking of FP resources
At the national and subnational levels, the GoI committed budgetary resources to FP, most commonly for the purchase of contraceptive commodities and supplies. There is need for increased advocacy to FP investments beyond just commodities and supplies. To date, targeted advocacy focuses at increasing budget allocation yet it’s also critical to ensure that the allocated budgets by government and partners are spent fully and on time.
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Scale-up Districts/Counties with FP –CIPs
BAPPENAS and UNFPA are scaling up counties to develop FP Costed Implementation Plans as one of strategies to implementing the Rights Based strategy for FP. The CIPs lay the groundwork for prioritizing, coordinating, and budgeting for FP throughout the county/districts and with increased advocacy efforts, there is need for a concerted strategy to improve FP interventions, particularly in rural areas.
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Capacity building for health providers
The Government of Indonesia has put capacity building for health providers as one of the FP2020 commitments.