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 …

Noninvasive prenatal genetic testing (NIPT) is an advance in the detection of fetal
chromosomal aneuploidies that analyzes cell-free fetal DNA in the blood of a pregnant …

Maternal health is a big issue and is central to sustainable development. Each year, about
210 million women become pregnant and about 140 million newborn babies are delivered …

In June 1999 a United Nations General Assembly Special Session reviewed and appraised
progress toward implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference …

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and
women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South …

Background Emergency contraception (EC) is using a drug or copper intrauterine device
(Cu‐IUD) to prevent pregnancy shortly after unprotected intercourse. Several interventions …

Over the past quarter century the sex ratio at birth (SRB) has risen above natural levels in a
number of countries, mostly in Asia. This rise has been made possible in populations with …

BACKGROUND Many analyses of the determinants of fertility make a distinction between
proximate and background determinants. The former include behavioral factors such as the …

METHODS Data were collected in 2014 from a nationally representative sample of 822
facilities that provide abortion or postabortion care, and from 82 key informants …

Each year, nearly 22 million women worldwide have an unsafe abortion, almost all of which
occur in developing countries. This paper estimates the incidence and rates of unsafe …