Men: Key Partners in Reproductive Health

In French-speaking Africa, as elsewhere, reproductive health programmes have focused mainly on women. In recent years, however, recognition has grown that men have a significant influence on family reproductive decisions, that men themselves have substantial reproductive health needs, and that many men are interested in better reproductive health. Men also play an important role in reproductive health programmes as managers and policy-makers. Growing realisation of men's awareness of and interest in family planning and other reproductive health care has led to new communication projects that promote men as an audience and clientele for information and services.