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invite you to a panel discussion on
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| | Fertility Regulation Behaviors and Their |
| | Costs |
| | Contraception and Unintended Pregnancies |
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| | Fertility levels have declined steadily |
| | over the last three decades but the pace |
| | of decline varies among regions. |
| | Countries that have achieved a high |
| | level of contraceptive use have reached |
| | a lower fertility level. A gap continues |
| | to exist between actual and desired |
| | family size, resulting in unintended |
| | pregnancies. More than one-third of the |
| | pregnancies that occur are unintended |
| | and one in five pregnancies ends in |
| | induced abortion. Almost half of all |
| | induced abortions are unsafe, and the |
| | proportion of all abortions that are |
| | unsafe has increased during the last |
| | decade. Sixty-six percent of unintended |
| | pregnancies occur among women who are |
| | not using any method of contraception. |
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| | Investing in quality family planning |
| | programs is a cost-effective way to |
| | address unmet need for contraception and |
| | reduce the risks of unsafe abortion, |
| | thereby improving maternal health. If |
| | contraception were provided to the 137 |
| | million women who lack access, maternal |
| | mortality would decline by 25%?35%. |
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building
701 18th Street NW
Washington, DC
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
MODERATOR
Phillip Hay
Communications Adviser, Human Development Network, World Bank
PRESENTERS
Elizabeth Lule
Manager, AIDS Campaign Team for Africa (ACTafrica), World Bank
John May
Senior Population Specialist, Human Development Unit, Africa Region,
World Bank
DISCUSSANTS
Michael Vlassof
Senior Research Associate, Guttmacher Institute
Maurice Middleberg (TBC)
Vice President, Public Policy for Global Health Council
Sarah Craven (TBC)
Chief, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Washington Office
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