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Blog posts address London Summit on Family Planning

On World Population Day, observed on Wednesday, July 11, the U.K. Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-hosted the London Summit on Family Planning. The following are summaries of blog posts addressing the summit.

13 Jul 2012

Opinion pieces, blog posts address family planning issues ahead of London summit

On World Population Day, observed on Wednesday, July 11, the U.K. Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are co-hosting the London Summit on Family Planning.

12 Jul 2012

Guardian holds roundtable discussion on key family planning issues ahead of London summit

As part of its "Young people's sexual health matters" series, the Guardian reports on a recent roundtable discussion hosted by the newspaper, in association with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), during which experts discussed key family planning issues ahead of the July 11 London Summit.

12 Jul 2012

Gates Foundation, U.K. Government expected to announce additional funding for family planning at London summit

The U.K. Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with UNFPA and other partners on Wednesday, July 11, are hosting the London Summit on Family Planning, which aims "to raise $4 billion to expand access to contraception for 120 million women in the developing world by 2020," according to Reuters. At the summit, the Gates Foundation "is set to unveil funding a sum in the hundreds of millions of dollars for a campaign to improve access to contraception in the developing world," the news service notes.

12 Jul 2012

WHO commits to fast-track assessment of new and existing quality contraceptives

WHO today committed to fast-track its assessment of new and existing quality contraceptives so more women in low- and middle-income countries can obtain and use a broader range of safe and effective contraceptive products.

12 Jul 2012

GOP lawmaker unveils draft bill on contraceptive coverage rule

The measure focuses on the potential tax implications of the Health and Human Services rule that contraceptives be counted -- without cost-sharing -- among the preventive health services that most employer-sponsored health plans offer.

12 Jul 2012

Guardian columnist examines family planning in Nepal

In a Guardian opinion piece, part of the series "The politics of family planning," columnist Zoe Williams examines family planning Nepal. Noting her trip to the country with Save the Children, Williams discusses a number of barriers to family planning for Nepalese women -- including the practice of child marriage, stigma surrounding menstruation, and cultural beliefs about contraception -- and writes, "In Nepal, opportunities for women are not all they should be, and child pregnancy is a big issue."

11 Jul 2012

Family planning summit commits to trebling the number of women and girls’ lives saved by 2020

At the London Summit on Family Planning, IPPF - the world’s foremost sexual and reproductive health and rights organization - has made an unprecedented commitment to treble the number of women’s and girls’ lives saved each year by 2020.

11 Jul 2012

'Impatient Optimists' blog posts address family planning ahead of London summit

Leading up to the London Summit on Family Planning taking place July 11, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog published several posts addressing family planning issues.

11 Jul 2012

Lancet series reviewing family planning evidence published on eve of London summit

A Lancet series on family planning, published Tuesday, "reviews the evidence for the effects of population and family planning on people's well-being and the environment," according to the series' executive summary.

11 Jul 2012

Contraceptive use likely prevents more than 272,000 maternal deaths from childbirth each year

Contraceptive use likely prevents more than 272,000 maternal deaths from childbirth each year, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers further estimate that satisfying the global unmet need for contraception could reduce maternal deaths an additional 30 percent. Their findings were published July 10 by The Lancet as part of a series of articles on family planning.

11 Jul 2012

Satisfying unmet need for contraception could reduce maternal deaths by 30%

New research published as part of The Lancet Series on family planning provides startling new estimates of the effect that contraceptive use has on the number of mothers who die every year, suggesting that satisfying the global unmet need for contraception of women who want to limit or space their pregnancies but are not using contraception could reduce maternal deaths by 30%, saving around 104000 lives per year.

10 Jul 2012

Family planning is central to global development according to new evidence in the Lancet

Increasing access to family planning will play a central role in achieving UN targets for maternal health, eradication of poverty, education, and gender equality, according to a major new Series on Family Planning published today by The Lancet.

10 Jul 2012

Planners defend goals of London Summit on Family Planning

In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "tried to deflect controversy" surrounding the London Summit on Family Planning to take place this week, stating that "giving women better access to contraception had become her lifetime's work," the Guardian reports (McVeigh, 7/7). "

9 Jul 2012

Family planning summit plans to ensure women’s unmet need for contraception is met by 2020

The London Summit on Family Planning takes place on July 11th. Led by DFID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the summit will announce an unprecedented global commitment to advancing the cause of family planning. The intent: to ensure that by 2020, 120 million women’s unmet need for contraception is met.

9 Jul 2012

VOA News examines family planning efforts in Uganda

Ahead of July 11, World Population Day and the date of the London Summit on Family Planning, VOA News examines family planning efforts in Uganda, where the average woman will give birth to about seven children during her lifetime.

7 Jul 2012

Consider rural women in family planning services

In the third post in a series by Marie Stopes International published on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Mukanga Sindazi, the outreach team leader with Marie Stopes in Zambia, discusses his work traveling through the rural Central Province to educate women and men about family planning and provide modern contraceptives.

7 Jul 2012

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Latest Contraception News and Research

Blog posts address London Summit on Family Planning

Opinion pieces, blog posts address family planning issues ahead of London summit

Guardian holds roundtable discussion on key family planning issues ahead of London summit

Gates Foundation, U.K. Government expected to announce additional funding for family planning at London summit

WHO commits to fast-track assessment of new and existing quality contraceptives

GOP lawmaker unveils draft bill on contraceptive coverage rule

Guardian columnist examines family planning in Nepal

Family planning summit commits to trebling the number of women and girls’ lives saved by 2020

'Impatient Optimists' blog posts address family planning ahead of London summit

Lancet series reviewing family planning evidence published on eve of London summit

Contraceptive use likely prevents more than 272,000 maternal deaths from childbirth each year

Satisfying unmet need for contraception could reduce maternal deaths by 30%

Family planning is central to global development according to new evidence in the Lancet

Planners defend goals of London Summit on Family Planning

Family planning summit plans to ensure women’s unmet need for contraception is met by 2020

VOA News examines family planning efforts in Uganda

Consider rural women in family planning services

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