Stakeholders resolve to scale up family planning in West Africa.

(From Panafrican News Agency (PANA) Daily Newswire)

Byline: Paul Ejime, On Special Assignment

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A four-day conference on repositioning family planning in West Africa wound up here Friday with stakeholders, including decision makers, service providers, advocacy groups, donors and community leaders resolving to scale up interventions toward taming the high infant and maternal maternity rates in the sub-region.

Closing the meeting, Ghana's deputy Health minister Moses Dani- Baah enjoined the more than 300 participants to energise governments and partners to give more visibility and attention to family planning.

The gap …