Men should actively participate in family planning initiatives to improve sexual and reproductive health in relationships, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has said.
The call by ZNFPC Midlands provincial manager Karen Dzuke comes at a time when men are silent participants without a say in the choice of contraceptive methods used by their partners.
“So, for us male involvement is all about men being part and parcel of decisionmaking in the family planning process,” she said at a media sensitisation meeting held in Gweru recently.
Dzuke said her organisation opened a men's clinic in the Midlands capital at their offices. She urged men to utilise the facility.
“We have a men's clinic every Friday where they can walk in and access services such as prostate cancer screening,” she said.
“Men have poor health seeking behaviour, but we urge them to utilise this opportunity and get health services for free.”
Studies in developing countries have shown that male involvement and participation in family planning improves women's uptake of family planning services and spousal communication on reproductive health issues.
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