US funding revamps African contraceptive drive

[Swede]

A little bit of good news.


A new 12 million dollar family planning drive launched here Wednesday highlights how Obama administration funding has revamped a contraception drive in Africa and developing states, UN officials said, noting a sharp turnaround from the Bush era.

The change in US policy was praised at a three-day conference on family planning in Kampala which launched the project to improve access to contraceptives for women in six African nations as well as Indonesia and Pakistan.

UN health workers said the drive spearheaded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and several partners might not have been possible under former US president George W.Bush.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iUUDgNP0hqKdi9eF3IcAklg4oVKw

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is what we voted for!

Great news!

K&R

[Lasher]

2. Damn right Peggy!

Progress like this is going almost unnoticed, in favor of manufactured issues like when to bow and when not to bow.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. You got it!

This is just one of the reasons I LOVE DU!

We get to the real issues here.

:hi:

[SPedigrees]

4. Thank you President Obama. nt