Developing the “120 by 20” Goal for the Global FP2020 Initiative

Bibliographic Data

ID10795656
AuthorsJoseph Brown (0000-0002-3602-1351, Gates Foundation, corresponding author), Win Brown (Senior Program Officer, Family Planning Program, Global Policy and Advocacy Division Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation P.O. Box 23350 Seattle WA 98102), Nel Druce (Senior Health Advisor, Department for International Development London UK), Julia Bunting (Director, Programmes & Technical International Planned Parenthood Federation London UK), Scott Radloff (Senior Scholar and Director / PMA2020, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD), Desmond Koroma (Technical Specialist, Planning, Monitoring & Reporting UNFPA New York NY), Srishti Gupta (0009-0009-5004-4865, Senior Expert McKinsey & Company Boston MA), Brian Siems (Program Manager, Global Policy and Advocacy Division Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation P.O. Box 23350 Seattle WA 98102), Monica Reid Kerrigan (0000-0001-6641-7034, Gates Foundation), Monica Kerrigan (Deputy Director, Family Planning Program, Global Policy and Advocacy Division Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation P.O. Box 23350 Seattle WA 98102), Dan Kress (Deputy Director, Global Policy and Advocacy Division Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation P.O. Box 23350 Seattle WA 98102), Gary L Darmstadt (0000-0002-7522-5824, Senior Fellow, Global Development Division, Global Policy and Advocacy Division Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation P.O. Box 23350 Seattle WA 98102)
Year2014
Volume45
Issue1
Pages73-84
Publication date2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4465.2014.00377.x
PMID24615576
OpenAlexW2089197787
LanguageEN
Citations received38
References cited8

This report describes the purpose for developing a quantitative goal for the London Summit on Family Planning held in July 2012, the methodology behind its formulation, and the lessons learned in the process. The London Summit has evolved into the global initiative known as FP2020, and the goal has become “120 by 20,” or reaching 120 million additional users of modern contraceptive methods by 2020 in the world's poorest countries. The success of FP2020 will first be evaluated on the basis of quantitative verification to determine that the “120 by 20” goal was reached. More important, however, is the extent to which the goal today serves as a global rallying cry to mobilize resources and leadership around current family planning programs, with a focus on voluntary family planning and quality of care, and with an emphasis on meeting girls' and women's unmet needs and their right to practice contraception. We hope this article provides greater transparency and understanding of the FP2020 goal, and that the global goal spurs annual monitoring of progress toward national goals in the world's poorest countries

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Geography · Political science · Population · Program evaluation · Public relations · Research methodology · Summit · Transparency (behavior · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Public Administration