TY - JOUR T1 - Regaining Momentum in Family Planning JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - 626 LP - 628 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00483 VL - 6 IS - 4 AU - Jose G. Rimon II AU - Amy O. Tsui Y1 - 2018/12/27 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/6/4/626.abstract N2 - Since the launch of the Family Planning 2020 initiative 5 years ago, 46 million more clients in the 69 poorest countries are using modern contraception—a tremendous accomplishment, albeit behind schedule to reach the 2020 global goal of 120 million. Family planning continues to be innovative, and as reflected in the recent 2018 International Conference on Family Planning in Rwanda, there is a newfound momentum behind the movement and a new generation of young leaders with powerful ideas, creativity, and passion who are stepping up to help propel family planning onward.The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo established that family planning should be considered a core part of reproductive health care and that women have the right to decide whether, when, and how many children to have. Yet for almost 2 decades post-Cairo, family planning's visibility receded and remained in the shadows of other global health issues, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.1,2 The field, however, quietly persisted, developing new contraceptive formulations, testing approaches to expand service delivery, broadening stakeholder interest, and engaging with private-sector networks. Family planning's reemergence was assisted with the start of the series of International Conferences on Family Planning (ICFP), the first of which took place in 2009, organized by Johns Hopkins University's Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health and the host country government of Uganda. ICFP 2009 drew in more than 1,200 attendees, when only 300 were anticipated. The momentum of interest in family planning continued with ICFP 2011 in Senegal, attended by more than 2,200 professionals.As the world's largest scientific and programmatic conference dedicated to family planning, ICFP brings together researchers, policy makers, ministers, advocates, practitioners, media, and youth to share knowledge and best practices. The conference takes place every 2 years, and … ER -