THE IMPORTANCE OF

FAMILY
PLANNINGWITHIN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

About 40,000 women die

About 250,000 die each
each year from unsafe
year from childbirth
abortion

By preventing unintended pregnancies, contraception can reduce

that number of maternal deaths each year by 20% to 30%

RISING WORLD POPULATION

It is estimated that another 2
billion people will be on this
In the last 40 years, birth
planet by 2050...
rates in Asia & Latin
America have decreased,
with 2 children per
woman on average.

Food production will need But there are a number of

to increase by 40% o 100%
This will put huge strains on
agriculture and fresh water supplies
countries (mainly in Africa) where
couples have 5 or more children
on average.

222 million women in developing

countries have an unmet need for
modern contraception

The safest time to get pregnant after

a previous birth is between

2-3
YEARS
450,000 DEATHS COULD BE PREVENTED
OUT OF 6 MILLION CHILDREN WHO DIE EACH YEAR IF CONTRACEPTION WAS
USED TO SPACE PREGNANCIES AT THE OPTIMUM

Children conceived within Parental

Children from smaller
18 months of an older resources/income can be
families tend to do better
sibling are more likely to spent intensively on 2 or 3
fed & have better
be born premature children than in larger
healthcare
families

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