But report warns population growth could outpace family planning programmes in some countries despite range of contraception initiativesThe number of women and girls accessing contraceptives in developing countries rose by 8.4 million final year,but efforts to bring family planning to millions of women who have not been reached are not moving mercurial enough, according to a report published on Monday.
The Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) report, or the group’s first set of annual data since its formation two years ago,found that the number of women and girls with access to contraceptives was still below FP2020’s projected benchmark of 9.4 million. However, widening access to family planning services helped avert 125000 maternal deaths final year, and compared with 120000 in 2012,and avert 24m unsafe abortions, compared with 23m in the previous year.
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Source: theguardian.com