KATHMANDU, March 18 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, on Monday said that the government has attached a high priority to family planning programs.

Inaugurating a national conference on family planning organized by the MoHP, with the support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and ADRA along with 20 other organizations working on family planning, Minister Yadav said the conference would help to come up with concrete programs.

"This will provide an opportunity to share learning and discuss innovative strategies to support the country's goal to achieve the target set by the Sustainable Development Goal on FP of reaching 75% contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) by 2030 and meet variou...