There is no explicit population policy and no policy on reproductive health or family planning. Government, however, is concerned about improving the quality of life of the people and acknowledges the relationship between population growth and available resource. The BPPA was established in the 1970s and operates with the cooperation of the Government and the Ministry of Health. BPPA provides 40 percent of family planning services, private sector provides 40 percent and government 20 percent. Public health services are delivered through community health clinics.
Health care is provided at primary, secondary and tertiary health care facilities.
At the primary care level, services are delivered through outpatient hospital departments, community health clinics in New Providence and throughout the Family Islands, and through other community clinics and satellite clinics, as well as community-based programmes such as home and district nursing. Environmental health concerns of the MOH are managed by the Department of Environmental Health services. The primary responsibility of the department is to manage, control and conserve the environment. The wide geographical dispersion presents many logistical problems for the organization and delivery of health and social services. Services of the BPPA, for example, are only available periodically in the Family Islands.