But if that price is not paid, everyone will count the cost. Bryant Robey and Ushma Upadhyay report. Five years ago, in Cairo, the world's nations set the goal of universal access to reproductive health care by the year 2015 and agreed to finance its costs. Women have safe pregnancy and safe delivery of their children.
Sexual violence is a thing of the past.
Husbands and wives share responsibility for family health. People have only the number of children they want, when they want them. With fewer children, families can better feed, house, clothe, and educate their children. Healthier and better educated young people become more productive, improving lives and speeding national development. Pressures on natural resources and the environment diminish, while living standards rise.