The destruction in the United States for contraceptives denies 1.4 million women from women and girls from Africa to sponsor life, says the NGO | Africa
It is expected that the decision of the United States government to burn more than 9.7 million dollars (7.3 million pounds) of contraceptives to 174,000 unintended pregnancy and 56,000 unsafe abortion operations in five African countries.
More than three -quarters of the contraceptive (77 %) was directed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Mali, according to the International Family Planning Union (IPPF), a global health care provider of NGOs and a curator of sexual and reproductive rights.
The contraceptive means, whose validity will not end until 2027-29, have already been manufactured, packaged and ready for distribution. IPPF offer to re -distribution without any cost of US taxpayers, but the offer has been rejected.
The IPF said that their destruction will deny more than 1.4 million women and girls in the five countries to reach life rescue.
“The decision to destroy ready-made goods for use is very terrible and waste. These life-saving medical supplies were directed to countries that can be accessed to reproductive care, and in some cases, part of the broader human response, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said” The decision to destroy ready-to-use goods for use is very horrific and very wasteful. These life-saving medical supplies were directed to countries that can be accessed to reproductive care already, and in some cases, part of the broader human response, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As a result of this decision, more than 1 million contraceptive methods will not be distributed by injection and 365,100 transplants in Tanzania, 28 % of the total annual need in the country.
“We are facing a major challenge,” said Dr. Bakari, the UMATI project coordinator at Tanzania.
In Mali, women will refuse to access oral contraceptives 1.2 meters and 95800 transplants, up to nearly a quarter of (24 %) of the country’s annual need.
In Zambia, women will go without 48,400 transplants and 295,000 injectable contraceptives, while 108,000 women in Kenya will not be able to reach birth control.
Nelly Moniasia, CEO of the Reproductive Health Network in Kenya, said that the impact of the US Agency for International Development was already physical in the country. She said that in stocks of long -term contraceptives have already exhausted, which will have severe consequences for women’s health and sexual and reproductive rights. Meanwhile, a group of health workers is reduced and there is a 46 % financing gap in the National Family Planning Program in Kenya.
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She said: “These systematic setbacks come at a time when the unparalleled need remains high.” “Almost one in every five girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are already pregnant or have given birth. Insecure abortion operations are still among the five main causes of mother deaths in Kenya.
While the Kenyan constitution, which was adopted in 2010, Abortion is allowed when the life of a pregnant person is in danger or health. The Kenyan Penal Code of 1963 is still criminalizing it. Health care providers are reluctant to provide safe care while the Penal Code remains in place, even in emergency situations. Moniasia said without adequate birth control supplies, there will be a rise in mothers deaths as a result of women seeking unintended pregnancy.
Last month, a US State Department spokesman confirmed that the decision to destroy the contraceptive methods was taken. Amid reports that contraceptive means were to be burned in France, the French government said it was “closely following the situation” after women’s rights groups and family planning expressed their anger at the proposal.
The administration decided to destroy birth control because it was unable to sell it to any “qualified buyers”, partly due to the American laws and rules that prohibit sending assistance to us to organizations that provide abortion services or advice people about the procedure or defend the right to that abroad, according to a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.