40 Percent of Married Couples Still Absent from KB Program

40 Persen Pasangan Produktif di DKI Belum Ikut KB 

So far, 60 percent of married couples have undergone KB program

40 percent of married couples in the capital is not yet undergoing the family planning (KB) program. While the rest undergo KB program using condom, syringe and pill.

Jakarta Women and Community Empowerment and Family Planning Agency Head, Dien Emmawati disclosed, from 10.2 million populations in Jakarta, 20 percent or 2.14 percent are the target of the KB program.

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"So far, 60 percent of married couples have undergone KB program," she told, Wednesday (7/27).

She explains 80 percent of other married couples underwent the short-term KB program using condom, syringe and pill.

"By so, the KB program can be programmed in long-term, we hope no more people use condom, syringe and pill but switch to KB UID or implant," she closed.