Public Health On Call - 543 - A Global Snapshot of Family Planning and Reproductive Freedom

543 - A Global Snapshot of Family Planning and Reproductive Freedom

11/14/22 • 15 min

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As advocates from around the world gather at the International Conference on Family Planning in Thailand this week, what’s the state of global reproductive rights? Megan Christofield, a project director and advisor at JHPIEGO, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the accessibility and prevalence of contraceptive use worldwide, where gains have been made and where things have been stagnant or even backslid in the last decade, and some game-changing new contraception options that could help avert many more millions of unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and maternal deaths.

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