USAID Family Planning Program
Timeline: 1990s - 2009
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1990s
USAID stresses quality of life
issues, including women's
needs, and also recognizes
the need for male involvement
in family planning. As the
decade progresses, young
people's needs also receive
increasing attention.
1993
- President Clinton rescinds the
Mexico City policy.
- USAID and its cooperating
agencies spearhead Maximizing
Access and Quality (MAQ), an
initiative to improve service
delivery and better serve clients.
1995
- USAID launches its five-year
FOCUS on Young Adults
reproductive health program.
1998
- Congress enacts the Tiahrt
amendment reaffirming and
elaborating voluntary standards
for family planning projects.
1999
- World population tops 6 billion.
2000s
The Office of Population & Reproductive
Health (Pop/RH) becomes part of the
newly established Bureau for Global
Health. The focus of Pop/RH work remains
constant but there are new emphases on
contraceptive security and combating
HIV/AIDS through family planning. Male
involvement and, through the new
YouthNet program, the reproductive
health needs of adolescents and young
adults remain important program areas.
2000
- USAID announces a policy recognizing
female genital mutilation/cutting as "a harmful
practice that violates the health and
human rights of women and hinders
development."
2001
- President Bush reinstates the Mexico City
policy. The policy does not restrict organizations
from providing post-abortion
care or from treating injuries or illnesses
caused by legal or illegal abortions.
2002
- Office of Population/Reproductive Health formally established a Population-Environment program in response to legislative language in the FY 02 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act stating that an unspecified portion of funds allocated for family planning and reproductive health should be used “in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species.”
2003
- New guidelines update USAID's 1998
Programmatic Technical Guidance on
integrating family planning and maternal/child health with services for preventing
HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted
diseases. The guidelines include new
information about effective integration of
family planning into HIV programs and HIV
counseling and services into family
planning programs.
2009
- President Barack Obama rescinds Mexico City Policy.
For more information on family planning,
please contact USAID at ebayer@usaid.gov.
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