Contraceptives shipment arrives in Yemen [Archives:2006/971/Local News]

HODEIDAH, Aug. 6 ) A new commodity shipment consisting of seven equipped vehicles and two containers with 83 pallets of contraceptives arrived Saturday at Hodeidah port.

Donated by the Royal Netherlands Embassy and procured by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the shipment is expected to cover national contraceptive needs for 2006 and 2007. Dr. Arwa Al-Rabea, Deputy Minister of Health and Population, the UNFPA's Hans Obdeijn and Roelof C. Buffinga, deputy head of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Sana'a, received the shipment

Al-Rabea declared that the contraceptives will be free of charge to couples and distributed through all Yemeni district health units. “Citizens easily can obtain these devices at health units,” she added.

Obdeijn stated that the UNFPA seeks to ensure that the contraceptives are accessible in every Yemeni district, noting that other shipments will be arriving to cover all Yemeni locations

Buffinga asserted that distributing the contraceptives should be accompanied by enhancing the awareness of targeted families. “Families need to be convinced to use these contraceptive devices. There is low awareness about risk prevention involved in unintended pregnancy,” he added.
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