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UN Population Conference: Iran surprises the West with liberal line on birth control
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THE IRANIAN Deputy Minister of Health looked rather pleased with
himself yesterday as he sat outside the Chephren hall at the Cairo
population conference - as well he might. Rare it must be that
Hossein Malekafzali finds himself on the side of the gods. "All
this proves that debate and compromise can produce results," he
said. "It was just a matter of patience."
The Americans were even more jubilant. At a private State
Department party in Cairo glasses were raised to Iran's conference
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Population Reports
; Governments can pay more. The $3.4 billion that developing-country governments now spend covers an estimated 75% of family planning costs. But this expenditure amounts to only about 0.4% of their total budgets. By comparison, military spending accounts for 19%. Donor organizations can pay more.
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Making programs work: family planning lessons and challenges.
Population Reports
; What makes a family planning program work? Population Reports has identified 10 key lessons about what makes programs succeed, based on a consensus of opinion among respondents to a new survey and a review of family planning research and program findings. (1) Family planning demand. Most women want
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Spousal communication and family planning adoption: Effects of a radio drama serial in Nepal.(Statistical Data Included)
International Family Planning Perspectives
; CONTEXT: Spousal communication and family planning use are closely linked, but the pathways of influence, especially within the context of exposure to a mass media campaign promoting family planning, are unclear. METHODS: Panel data from a population-based survey in Nepal were collected over three
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Pharmacists and family planning.
Population Reports
; Pharmacists and Family Planning The closest and quickest place to get contraceptives is often the neighborhood pharmacy. Worldwide, about 55 million couples buy their family planning supplies in pharmacies. This amounts to over half of couples using such temporary family planning methods as pills,
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The challenge. (family planning programs) (includes related articles on family planning financing and contributions to family planning)
Population Reports
; Family planning programs serve millions of clients in developing countries, and the number of clients is growing fast. The very success of family planning programs poses a challenge: how to pay for family planning services for all who need and want them. Paying for family planning is part of the
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Provision of family planning services in Lesotho.
International Family Planning Perspectives
; CONTEXT: One of Lesotho's population goals is to achieve replacement-level fertility by 2011, but the contraceptive prevalence rate of 41% is considerably below the target of 70-75%. METHODS: A situation analysis framework was used to assess family planning providers' readiness to provide services
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Family planning policies and their impacts on the poor: Peru's experience.(COMMENT)(Report)
International Family Planning Perspectives
; Although governments develop family planning policies to guide program design and implementation, these policies can have both intended and unintended consequences. As a result, policies may need periodic revision to achieve the desired outcomes. Over the last two decades, the government of Peru
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The Fruits of Global Family Planning
The Washington Post
; ... onto what matters: the impoverished women, men and children who are being most severely affected. In 10 years, she said at a news conference, maternal mortality in Bolivia dropped from 416 to 390 deaths per 100,000 women and fertility rates dropped from 6 ...
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Political management in the Indonesian family planning program.(Special Report)
International Family Planning Perspectives
; One cannot take for granted that the president as the top leader has the wisdom to decide what priorities are. We have to feed the president with completed stuff so he doesn't have to think too much. --Senior Indonesian family planning official, commenting on the relationship between his agency and
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Family planning and AIDS prevention. (includes related article)
Population Reports
; Family Planning and AIDS Prevention In addition to supplying condoms, family planning providers are assuming a larger role in AIDS prevention. This is a logical and important step. Although family planning programs have not worked with all the groups at greatest risk for AIDS, they have long
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