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World Population Prospects and Unmet Need for Family Planning

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World Population Prospects and Unmet Need for Family Planning

This report shows that meeting women’s stated desires to limit or space births would have a major impact on world population growth.  If countries were able to meet all unmet need for family planning, the pace of population growth would decline below the United Nation’s medium projection, moving closer to the UN low projection. By 2050, the population of the 99 developing countries (excluding China) and the US that were included in the study would be 6.3 billion if all unmet need for family planning were met, compared with the UN medium projection of 6.7 billion. The estimated cumulative cost of meeting unmet need for family planning in developing countries up to 2050 is US$638 billion—about midway between the costs of reaching the UN medium and low projections.

This report shows that meeting women’s stated desires to limit or space births would have a major impact on world population growth. If countries were able to meet all unmet need for family planning, the pace of world population growth would decline below the United Nation’s medium projection, moving closer to the UN low projection. By 2050, world population would be 6.3 billion if all unmet need for family planning were met, compared with the UN medium projection of 6.7 billion. The estimated cumulative cost of meeting unmet need for family planning in developing countries up to 2050 is US$638 billion—about midway between the costs of reaching the UN medium and low projections.

Men Matter: Scaling Up Approaches to Promote Constructive Men’s Engagement in Reproductive Health and Gender Equity

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In cooperation with the Ministry of Health and other partners in Mali, The USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1, implemented a model process for building an enabling policy and institutional environment for constructive men’s engagement (CME) in reproductive health. The project drew on strong support for gender equity among the government, donors, and nongovernmental organizations as well as on lessons learned from previous work. The project facilitated the assembly of a large, multisectoral group of stakeholders to develop, refine, and validate Mali’s national guidelines in support of the national Reproductive Health Strategic Plan. The Minister of Health quickly approved the guidelines and signed them into effect on May 20, 2008. As a result of preparing and implementing CME guidelines in Mali, institutional support and collaboration have increased among the government, civil society, donor, and faith-based sectors— thereby initiating dialogue and policy analysis related to CME in reproductive health and gender equity. In addition, the project’s support of USAID’s effort to integrate CME into FP/RH programs extends the reach of CME and helps to improve health outcomes. Helping USAID institutionalize CME in its programs also ensures that successful approaches continue, making a lasting change.

Coverage of Selected Services for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in 2005

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This report presents the results of an assessment of the coverage of several key services for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in 2005. It updates similar reports on coverage in 2001 and 2003. This report includes results from 69 countries, including most low- and middle-income countries with more than 10,000 people living with HIV in 2005.  [A seprate record exists for the Country Annex Tables in .xls format.]