Health Matters; (Family Planning )

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What is Family planning, and what are the benefits of family planning for individuals and society?

FAMILY PLANNING

The importance of family planning within reproductive health

-About 250,000 women die each year from childbirth

RISING WORLD POPULATION

Population increase

In the last 40 years, birth rates in Asia & Latin America have decreased, with 2 children per woman on average

But there are a number of countries (mainly in Africa) where couples have 5 or more children on average

The safest time to get pregnant after a previous birth is between 2-3 YEARS

Children conceived within 18 months of an older sibling are mare likely to be born premature.

How does family planning contribute to sustainable development and environmental conservation?

It's estimated that another 2 billion people will be on this planet by 2050

Food production will need to increase by 40% to 100%

This will put huge strains on agriculture and fresh water supplies

What are the different methods of family planning available, and how do they work?

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222 million women in developing countries have an unmet need for modem contraceptive

450,000 deaths could be prevented out of the million children who die each year if contraception was used to space pregnancies at the optimum.

By preventing unintended pregnancies, contraception can reduce that number of maternal deaths each year by 20% to 30%

TRUTH AND MYTHS ABOUT CONTRACEPTION

MYTH	TRUE
PREGNANCY IS EXCLUDED WITH A SUCCESSFULLY INTERRUPTED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE	WHEN BREASTFEEDING PREGNANCY IS UNLIKELY
NATURAL PREGNANCY AFTER 45 YEARS IS POSSIBLE	SAFE DAYS CAN BE CALCULATED BY THE Calendar
DURING MENSTRUATION YOU CAN NOT PROTECT YOURSELF	AFTER MISSING THE PILL YOU CAN GET PREGNANT
LEMON AND VINEGAR CAN REPLACE HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES	THE HYMEN DOES NOT PROTECT AGAINST PREGNANCY

What are the economic implications of family planning on households and communities?

Parental resources/income can be spent intensively on 2 or 3 children than in larger families.

Children from smeller families tend to do better at school, be better feed and have better heath care.

FAMILY PLANNING UNLEASHES THE GIRL EFFECT

A GLOBAL CHALLENGE

UP TO ONE-HALF OF GIRLS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BECOME MOTHERS BEFORE THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY

PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH ARE THE #1 KILLER OF 15-19 YEAR-OLD GIRLS

1 in 7 girls marry before turning 15 in developing countries

MARRIED GIRLS: A GLOBAL PROBLEM

OF FIRST BIRTHS THAT OCCUR BEFORE 90% 18 HAPPEN WITH MARRIAGE

51,000,000 Worldwide, over 51 million adolescent girls 15-19 are married equal to the population of England.

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