| Abstract: | The Pakistan Family Planning Program functions as an autonomous body through the Ministry of Health. The Minister of Health is chairman of the Family Planning Council which is the main policy and planning unit. Each province has a Provincial Family Planning Board responsible for implementation. The District Family Planning Board functioning within the province is in charge of publicity and education, distribution and sale of supplies, and provision of clinical services and facilities. The District Board has about 1000 workers--medical and paramedical in the clinics, family planning officers for education and motivation, lady organizers (local motivator and agent of sale of conventional contraceptives), and agents (outlets for conventional contraceptives). There are full-time clinics for IUD insertions, follow-up, and medical and paramedical training; part-time clinics; and mobile clinics for IUD service in remote areas. In 1967-1968 there were 938 clinics: 361 urban and 577 rural. There were 46 full-time and 315 part-time urban clinics and 158 full-time and 419 part-time rural clinics. 65,000 IUD insertions are done a month. |
