For the extracurricular setting, Congo receives funding from the Global Fund for HIV prevention among young people most at risk. In the absence of a formal HIV prevention strategy among young people, HIV interventions are focused on education sessions in youth centres, risk mapping exercises, coupled with educational activities by peers and at fairs held during the holidays in order to offer adolescents and young people a comprehensive package of prevention and management of HIV, through fun and recreational activities. 5.3.3.10. Family planning Given the importance of family planning (FP) in the achievement of MDGs 4, 5 and 6, Congo has developed the 2012 strategic plan for the repositioning of FP. This will enable, on the one hand, to meet the target set by the National Roadmap (FRN) of "reducing the number of maternal deaths from 781 to 390 deaths by 2015" and, on the other hand, achieve the MDGs (5A and 5B). The will of the government, resulting in the increase of service provision through the PNDS, also quality and accessibility of healthcare for the mother, the newborn and the child, including family planning, is also a concern for the Congolese lawmakers. Indeed, they proceeded in 2010 to the partial revision of the 1920 French law prohibiting propaganda for contraception. Thanks to the new law (No. 17-2010 of 17 November 2010), all interventions in the area of FP are now allowed, with the exception of the right to abortion, which remains strictly prohibited, except in the case of a pregnancy that is threatening the life of the mother. Thus, the promotion of actions initiated by the government and supported firstly by development partners such as WHO, UNFPA and UNICEF, and secondly, by NGOs like the Congolese Association for Family Welfare (ACBEF) should help improve contraceptive prevalence in Congo. According to the results of the DCAT 2011-2012, almost all women were aware of contraceptive methods, 99% of those had heard of at least one method. This proportion is very high regardless of their background, whether modern methods, including female sterilisation and male sterilisation, the pill, the intrauterine device (IUD), injections, implants, male condoms, female condoms and the morning after pill; or traditional methods called natural, including the rhythm method (based on the calculation of the menstrual cycle), withdrawal (coitus interruptus) and others. Regarding the level of contraceptive use, the results show that 44% of women used at the time of the survey, any method: 22% a modern contraceptive method and 22% traditional method. Among modern contraceptive methods, the male condom is the most frequently used (16%) followed by far by the pill in 3% of cases and injections in 2% of cases. Women who used a traditional method used, mostly, the rhythm method (16%). Comparison of the results of the DCAT-I 2005 and the current survey shows a significant increase in the modern contraceptive prevalence. Indeed, the rate of contraceptive use among married women increased from 13% in 2005 to 20% in 2011-2012, an increase of 7 percentage points. However, with respect to traditional methods, the results show that the proportion of users fell from 32% to 25%. 5.3.4. Funding of the health sector The health sector budget allocations have averaged 8.4% of the total state budget in 20082011, i.e. well below the target rate of 15% prescribed by the African Union in the Abuja Declaration. In total, the share of health expenditures has even decreased between 2008 and 2011, from 9.33% to 7.34%. 80

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