Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI) Information

Established on December 23, 1957, Indonesian Family Planning Association (IPPA) is the oldest NGO that pioneered the family planning movement in Indonesia. The idea of family planning face enormous challenges in the era of the 1950s. Most people tend to see family planning as a mere restriction of pregnancy, something that is considered as a form of deprivation of liberty which they had just enjoyed. On the other hand, during this period the government has yet to realize the benefits of family planning for the improvement of the quality of the nation. The number of pregnant women and childbirth implications for women's health. Maternal mortality and neonatal very high. This further encourages the founders IPPA to form a container Indonesia.Diawali family planning movement in discussion with Mrs. Dorothy Brush, member of Field Service IPPF, followed by the visit of Dr. Abraham Stone, chief Margaret Sanger Research Institute of New York, then Dr. Suharto, when the personal physician of President Sukarno, began to explore the possibilities to establish a family planning organization. Finally, on December 23, 1957 Indonesian Family Planning Association (IPPA) was officially established. IPPA believe that family is the main pillar to build a prosperous society. The family in question is a family that is responsible, namely families fulfill their responsibilities in the dimensions of birth, education, health, welfare, and future. After over five decades, IPPA is now in 26 provinces, covering 249 districts / cities in Indonesia. IPPA is among the 184 countries that are members of the IPPF, the international federation of family planning.