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Promoting Family Planning

Promoting Family Planning

by | Sep 3, 2019 | UNFPA

Challenge Around 214 million women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy are not using safe and effective family planning methods, for reasons ranging from lack of access to information or services to lack of support from their partners or communities....
Niger Husband Schools

Niger Husband Schools

by | May 17, 2019 | UNFPA

Challenge Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world and one of the highest maternal mortality rates (648 maternal deaths/100,000 living births in 2006; 545/100,000 in 2011). A decision-making space has been created where husbands can encourage others to...
Knowledge-sharing on Census

Knowledge-sharing on Census

by | Mar 9, 2019 | UNFPA

Challenge Not all developing countries have the resources and human capital to conduct a national representative census or high-quality data-gathering on their population. However, a few Southern countries have successful experiences and are well equipped to share and...