The world population surpassed the seven billion mark in 2011, yet many women and couples
still lack access to reproductive health services. These facts have profound implications …

World population reached a new threshold of7 billion persons in 2011 and is expected to
exceed 9.3 billion persons by the year 2050.1 Global population has many subsets: people live …

… 1 This text introduces the topics of global population and reproductive health, which are
intertwined throughout the world. Countries with high birth rates tend to have rapidly growing …

Climate change and its effects on natural and human systems are becoming an increasingly
critical global issue. The potential effects of climate change stem from an accumulation of …

The continued growth of human population, combined with reduced growth in global food
production, has heightened attention to the issue of food security. 1 Nearly 1 billion of today’s …

… It is also apparent in its long history of financial support for global population and reproductive
health activities:“Since 1965, USAID has obligated over $6.6 billion in assistance for …

The last few decades have seen substantial progress in reducing preventable maternal
mortality and expanding contraceptive use, yet tremendous suffering prevails worldwide due to …

Abortion is a generic term for pregnancies that do not end in a live birth or a stillbirth. Although
spontaneous abortions occur, abortion invariably refers to the deliberate termination of …

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines reproductive health as “a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and… not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in …

Gender inequalities remain “deeply entrenched in every society.” 1 Throughout the world,“women
lack access to decent work and face occupational segregation and gender wage gaps.…