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Family planning in Sub‐Saharan Africa: present status and future strategies
Author(s) -
Arkutu A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(95)02482-r
Subject(s) - medicine , fertility , family planning , developing country , economic growth , reproductive health , rest (music) , development economics , developed country , population , environmental health , socioeconomics , research methodology , cardiology , sociology , economics
Africa lags behind the rest of the developing world in most demographic, health and economic indicators of social development, but some progress has been made in contraceptive prevalence and fertility decline. Many challenges remain for governments on that continent to meet the basic reproductive health needs of their rapidly growing populations. With the sustained support of the international community, there is reason to be hopeful.