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Guest author, Beth Jarosz from the Population Reference Bureau, explores these new indicators and explains how they can help inform policies and programs that support children’s health and well being.
Twenty-five years since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, most countries have made great strides in increasing access to and voluntary use of family planning.
The palm cards highlight barriers that youth face in accessing family planning services and information that meet their unique needs.
The palm cards highlight barriers that youth face in accessing family planning services and information that meet their unique needs.
Young people make up the majority of Mayuge District’s population. With access to youth-friendly health services, including family planning for pregnancy prevention, they can lead healthy and productive lives that contribute to Mayuge’s society and economy.
Young people make up the majority of Kabale District’s population. With access to youth-friendly health services, including family planning for pregnancy prevention, they can lead healthy and productive lives that contribute to Kabale’s society and economy.
The products share key data and policy commitments related to youths’ reproductive health.
New research indicates that family planning and use of maternal and child health facilities is positively associated with resilience. Resilience has a range of definitions and operates at different scales.
As sub-Saharan African countries strive to grow their economies, it is critical that they consider their age structures—or more particularly, the age structures of their richest and poorest populations, which are determined largely by fertility rates.
Drones might seem to be a natural solution to maintaining a more even contraceptive supply in hard-to-reach areas, but family planning supplies aren’t yet the ideal cargo.