THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO COMBINED SECOND TO EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA 442. The Ministry of Health in conjunction with World Vision Lesotho, developed a campaign program called Child Health Now Campaign which ran from November 2014-October 2016.The purpose of the Campaign was to enhance access to health care in communities. The outcomes of the programme include; increase in access to essential health services, improved community utilization and demand for health services as well as increase in human resource capacity at government health centers. 443. With effect from October 2014 to September 2015, the Ministry of Health in conjunction with World Vision Lesotho, developed a Citizen Voice and Action Programme, with a view to increasing the capacity of the community to engage and advocate for improved quality health and education system. The Programme targeted young men and women. As a result of the Programme, in February 2016, the proportion of infants whose births were attended to by skilled birth attendants improved from 70 percent to 85 percent. 444. Further, the Ministry of health embarks on a number of educational programmes through different media platforms such as radio and television slots. Educational programmes include information about general access to health care services, including HIV/AIDS and nutrition, women’s reproductive rights and others. 445. In Lesotho family planning is part of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme of the Ministry of Health and an important strategy in the NSDP 2014-2017. Although knowledge on at least one method of contraception is high among women (99%) and men (98%) aged 15-49 years old, the contraceptive prevalence rate is only 60%, among sexually active unmarried women aged 15-49 years old. Educated women from wealthy backgrounds are more likely to use modern contraception than less educated women from poor homes. Accessibility for rural or impoverished women 446. In order to guarantee physical accessibility of health care services for impoverished women and those women living in rural areas, the government as the key provider of 152