Red Triangle (family planning)

An inverted Red Triangle is the symbol for family planning health and contraception services, much as the red cross is a symbol for medical services.

[1] It first appeared in India, followed by other countries such as Ghana, Gambia, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Thailand.

Throughout parts of the Global South, it is used outside shops and clinics that offer family planning products, and as in commercial and government messages that promote reproductive health services and population control.

The red triangle was adopted by Deep Tyagi Alias Dharmendra Tyagi Resident of Village Azamgarh urf Ratangarh Near block Noorpur of District Bijnor, an Indian family planning official and activist in the 1960s.

[2] Several variations on the basic symbol have since been developed,[3] such as the "Life Choices" and "Family Planning: better life" logos used to promote birth control and reproductive health in Ghana, and the "Naissances Desirables" logo used in Zaire/Congo.