Dr Ndugulile made this landmark
statement at the weekend, where he intimated that the estimated annual
needs for family planning within the country now stands at Tanzania is
20bn/-, but the highest amount of funds (ever) allocated and released
between 2010/11 and 2015/16 was a paltry five billion, or just 25 per
cent of what is needed.
Statistics show that Tanzania runs one
of the highest maternal death rates in the world, with the current ratio
at 454 deaths per 100,000 live births. This implies that more than 20
women die every day due to complications during pregnancy and, or, at
birth.
Conversely, some 40,000 children die
during the first 28 days of life, while 100,000 die before reaching the
age of five; still, about 50,000 are stillborn with half of them dying
during delivery, the MP said. Dr Faustine Ndugulile, Kigamboni Member of
Parliament and member of Tanzania Parliamentary Association on
Population and Development (TPAPD).
Despite insufficient budget allocations,
the National Family Planning Costed Implementation Programme (NFPCIP)
aims to reduce maternal deaths through Family Planning (FP) by reaching
an ambitious Goal of 60 per cent Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) by
2015.
Dr Ndugulile added that insufficient
budget has been denying many women in the reproductive age
contraceptives for successful family planning.
“The Local government authorities are
overwhelmed by other priorities and not paying attention to family
planning and its contribution to development agenda,” said Dr Ndugulile.
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