ABOUT THE NFP PROGRAM

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Vision, Mission, Origins

Origins

The Natural Family Planning ('NFP') program is funded by the Commonwealth Government and administered by the NFP Board of Management on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Australia. It is a national health initiative which contributes to the sexual and reproductive health of Australians by promoting and delivering services in natural family planning and fertility awareness.

In the NFP program we are inspired by the call to human dignity as expressed in the tenets of the Catholic Church. This shapes the way we offer our services, and the way we serve the community

Vision

Those engaged in the NFP program seek to provide nationally the highest quality service in natural fertility management.

Mission

To contribute to the sexual and reproductive health of the Australian community by providing, within the Catholic tradition, a natural, non-interventionist alternative in fertility management.

To Achieve this Mission we:

• provide services in natural family planning which assist couples to achieve, space and/or avoid pregnancies.

• provide education programs in sexual and reproductive health to schools, professional and community groups,

• maintain quality professional competencies through rigorous training programs and continuous reaccreditation processes;

• educate medial practitioners and other health professionals in natural family planning as an effective and natural method of family planning;

• promote natural family planning as a method of regulating birth which is effective, drug and device free, and environmentally responsible; and

• ensure equity of access to natural family planning services.