ISSUES
: Our Changing Population
Chapter 2: Global population issues
20
REDUCE PRESSURE
ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
PREVENT
1 IN
4
*
MATERNAL DEATHS PER YEAR
KEEP MORE GIRLS IN
EDUCATION
PREVENT
52 MILLION*
UNINTENDED
PREGNANCIES EACH YEAR AND HELP
STABILISE WORLD POPULATION
PREVENT
500,000*
NEWBORN DEATHS PER YEAR
EMPOWER WOMEN
AND ADVANCE GENDER
EQUALITY
HELP RESPOND TO
FOOD AND
WATER
SECURITY
HELP IMPROVE
ADDRESSING THIS WOULD…
CLIMATE
CHANGE
*In addition to the maternal/newborn deaths and unintended pregnancies
already averted through current contraception use.
Source: Guttmacher Institute (2014)
Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of
Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health.
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