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Bolivia

Bolivia
Date established 1994
Contact details Marie Stopes International Bolivia
Barrio Urbari
Calle Dechia No.206 Final Igmiry Diagonal Racquet Club
Urbari
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolivia

Telephone: + 591 (3) 33 979 00 / 800
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 5
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 

  • provides a quarter of all female sterilisations in the country
  • a national campaign by Marie Stopes International Bolivia has secured free cervical smear testing for all women in all government health centres across the country
  • the number of Couple Years of Protection provided so far in 2007 are on target to exceed the 2006 total

Future plans

  • open a clinic in El Alto
  • establish two new outreach teams in Chuquisaca and La Paz – giving thousands more people access to services and information
  • double the number of Couple Years of Protection generated in 2007

 

Key statistics for Bolivia

Source: UNFPA State of world population 2007
Total population (millions) (2007) 9.5
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010) 1.8
Projected population (millions) (2050) 14.9
Life expectancy (M / F) 63.3 / 67.5
Total fertility rate (2007) 3.55
% contraceptive prevalence: any method 58
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods 35
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 78
% births with skills attendants 61
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) 420
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births 47
Under 5 mortality (M / F) 65 / 56
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F <0.2 / <0.1
Health expenditure public (% of GNP) 4.3
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