President Toledo was elected into office in 2001.  His 5-year Sectorial Strategy Plan included universal access to healthcare for his country; however in the aftermath of the Fujimori’s controversial sterilization campaign, his position on contraceptives became very conservative. 

Toledo sought to re-unite the Catholic Church and the Government by appointing two conservative Ministers of Health during his term, Solari and Carbone.

Both blocked the distribution of family-planning information and materials which set-back the contraceptive movement. 

In 2002, Carbone attempted to remove the Intra-Uterine Device from the birth control methods provided by the government, while also perpetuating a campaign against the use of condoms, claiming that they did not reduce the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.