Data in New Wallchart Show Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Declining in Many Countries
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2017, produced with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides the latest data on the practice in 29 developing countries with representative and comparable data—although FGM/C occurs worldwide.
Nearly all future population growth will be in the world's less developed countries, and the poorest of these countries will see the greatest percentage increase.
(2013) The 2012 London Summit on Family Planning brought renewed attention to the cause of providing women with options for managing their fertility—enabling them to have the number of children they want when they want them and spaced at healthy intervals. In that conference, countries and donor agencies expressed their commitment to increase funding for family planning programs to ensure that reliable contraceptive supplies are available and affordable to all women who express a desire to postpone or avoid childbearing.
(August 2002) Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age (ages 15 to 44) in less developed countries.
Policy Report. Integrating Health Services for Young People: Tackling the Growing Noncommunicable Disease Epidemic
This policy report argues that integrating noncommunicable disease (NCD) services—particularly those targeted at prevention and early intervention—with other health services for young people can help tackle the growing NCD epidemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).