Bolivia

Date established 1994
Contact details Marie Stopes International Bolivia
Calle Conchitas No.414, entre 20 de Octubre y Heroes del Acre
Zona San Pedro
Casilla 1567
La Paz
Bolivia

Telephone / Fax (local): + 591 2 248 2523
Telephone: (long distance): 591 2 254 6056
Email: bolivia@mariestopes.org.bo
Services offered Family planning; health screening; HIV/STIs; maternal health; primary health care; post abortion care; young people; advocacy
Number of clinics 4
Outreach / mobile services Yes
Major partners Ministry of Health; IPAS Bolivia; Family Care Bolivia; plus a variety of other national and international NGOs working in the SRH field
Major donors UK Department for International Development (DFID); European Commission; Direct Relief International; Jersey Oveseas Aid Commission

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Highlights 

  • Marie Stopes International Bolivia (MSIB) provides a quarter of all female sterilisations in the country
  • provides services for marginalised indigenous groups in the Andes, Central and Eastern Regions
  • working with the government to advocate against sexual violence and for sexual and reproductive health rights
  • national campaign undertaken by MSIB has secured free cervical smear testing for all women in all government health centres across the country
  • couple years protected (CYPs) increased by 23% in 2008 compared to 2007

Future plans

  • establish a network of community nurses providing door to door contraceptive services
  • establish two new outreach teams in Chuquisaca and La Paz – giving thousands more people access to services and information
  • set up a confidential phone line to provide advice and referrals

 

Key statistics for Bolivia

Source: UNFPA State of world population 2008
Total population (millions) (2008) 9.7
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010) 1.8
Projected population (millions) (2050) 14.9
Life expectancy (M / F) 63.6 / 67.9
Total fertility rate (2008) 3.46
% contraceptive prevalence: any method 58
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods 35
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 78
% births with skills attendants 67
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) 290
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births 45
Under 5 mortality (M / F) 64 / 55
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F 0.2 / 0.1
Health expenditure public (% of GNP) 4.3
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