BKKBN Chairman Sugiri Syarief
The biggest challenge is overcoming stigma

June 29, 2011

THE national family planning program was a success story during the days of the New Order. Ironically, it all but vanished during the reform era which began in 1998. Sugiri Syarief, 60, chairman of the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) in Indonesia, said that during the reform era family planning was neglected and people became reluctant to practice it. But this changed in 2007, when President Yudhoyono stressed the importance

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