New Health News: UN: Family Planning Pays Huge Benefit for Developing Countries

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UN: Family Planning Pays Huge Benefit for Developing Countries

A new report finds greater access to family planning methods would save developing countries more than $11 billion a year in reduced costs for maternal and newborn health care. In this year's State of the World Population report, the United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA] also says that family planning and the resulting drop in family size pays additional economic dividends.

 The report by the U.N. Population Fund says 222 million women in developing countries currently lack access to ...

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