Background Data for trends in contraceptive use and need are necessary to guide
programme and policy decisions and to monitor progress towards Millennium Development …

Background Expansion of access to contraception and reduction of unmet need for family
planning are key components to improve reproductive health, but scarce data and variability …

Background A quarter of a century ago, two global events—the International Conference on
Population and Development in Cairo, and the Fourth World Conference on Women in …

Summary Background The Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative, launched at the 2012
London Summit on Family Planning, aims to enable 120 million additional women to use …

Background Meeting the contraceptive needs of women of reproductive age is beneficial for
the health of women and children, and the economic and social empowerment of women …

Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Contraceptive Services—Estimates for 2012 |
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Background Improving access to reproductive health services and commodities is central to
development. Efforts to assess progress on this front have been largely focused on national …

STUDY QUESTION What is the contribution of the underuse of modern methods (MM) of
contraception to the annual undesired pregnancies in 35 low-and middle-income countries …

Background The rise in contraceptive use has largely been driven by short-acting methods
of contraception, despite the high effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraceptives …

In 2012, an estimated 645 million women in the developing world were using modern
methods–42 million more than in 2008, About half of this increase was due to population …