Meeting the unmet need for family planning: now is the time

[...]women's rights must be at the centre of any effort to increase access to family planning and the summit affirmed the fundamental importance of voluntary family planning, free of coercion and discrimination, and equitable access to a full range of contraceptives for married and unmarried wo...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2013-05, Vol.381 (9879), p.1696-1699
Main Authors: Peterson, Herbert B, Darmstadt, Gary L, Bongaarts, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth control
Contraception Behavior
Contraceptives
Developing Countries
Family planning
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
LDCs
Pregnancy
Studies
Womens health
Womens rights
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Summary:[...]women's rights must be at the centre of any effort to increase access to family planning and the summit affirmed the fundamental importance of voluntary family planning, free of coercion and discrimination, and equitable access to a full range of contraceptives for married and unmarried women and adolescent girls. [...]establishment of a robust performance measurement and accountability framework is crucial to allow progress to be tracked and barriers to be identified and addressed to improve programme performance and hold providers and policy makers accountable.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60999-X