Data Are Essential: Commentary on the Not Without FP Forum
PRB’s commitment to data-driven policies that support effective family planning and reproductive health programs and services has been our ballast for nearly a half-century.
PRB’s commitment to data-driven policies that support effective family planning and reproductive health programs and services has been our ballast for nearly a half-century.
By sgroene
In Ghana and Uganda, young people below the the age of 15 dominate the population age structure. Both countries can shift this high child dependency by empowering women to achieve their reproductive goals.
PRB spoke with him about his goals for the program and future implications for the study of demography.
As countries work to ensure women and couples are able to choose whether, when, and how often to have children, it is critical to examine the drivers of contraceptive discontinuation that may inhibit young people from achieving their reproductive intentions.