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Demand for Family Planning to Rise

Rose posted this on June 4, 2008 at 2:11 pm · Filed under In the News, Elements of Successful Family Planning Programs, Population

Source: Donna Clifton, Toshiko Kaneda, and Lori Ashford, Family Planning Worldwide 2008

An article in Ghana’s Public Agenda drew our attention today to a report from Population Reference Bureau (PRB) showing that demand for family planning services is growing around the world.

According to Toshiko Kaneda, co-author of the new data sheet Family Planning Worldwide, the increase is due to two key trends: the huge numbers of young people entering childbearing age in the developing world, and the increasing adoption of contraceptive use. Read the rest of this entry »

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