Family Planning's Role in Reducing Health Risks Family planning can prevent at least 25 percent of all maternal deaths by allowing women to delay motherhood. By spacing births at least two years apart, family planning can prevent an average of one in four infant deaths in developing countries. This summary distills findings from the National Academy of Sciences' report on reproductive health in developing countries. It also highlights program design and financing issues and strategies for achieving national objectives for reproductive health. This summary of the 1997 Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey reports on recent trends in fertility, trends in contraceptive use, fertility intentions, fertility and contraception among teenagers, and contraceptive supplies and services.
Entire report is available here in English , in Spanish and in Portuguese .
This report includes these case studies and also provides an analysis of how resources have been raised and allocated to support reproductive health programs. The panel identified six priority areas of health care investment. The infant mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa is nearly 13 times that of the US, and nearly 60 percent above the global average. Family Planning's Role in Reducing Health Risks Family planning can prevent at least 25 percent of all maternal deaths by allowing women to delay motherhood. By spacing births at least two years apart, family planning can prevent an average of one in four infant deaths in developing countries.