Zero Unmet Need for Family Planning
Commitment description:The Government of the Solomon Islands is committed to achieving zero unmet need for family planning information and services and universal availability of quality, affordable and safe modern contraceptives by no later than 2030; in line with SDG target 3.7 and SDG target 5.6. Specifically, we will accelerate all efforts to achieve the Solomon Islands Population Policy Goal 1 which states " Fertility and unintended pregnancy, particularly among adolescent girls significantly reduced", through (1.1) improved access to sexual and reproductive health service including family planning; (1.2) improved access to reproductive health services for adolescents and youth; and (1.3) integration of health and family life education in the school curriculum. we would have averted 11,430 unintended pregnancies by 2020 as per the Transformative Agenda target.
Modes of engagement:
- Policy and guidanceZero Unmet Need for Family Planning
- Programmatic actionPartnering with UNFPA and other Regional Implementing partners to prevent maternal deaths
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.
