Mortality from unsafe abortions disproportionately affects women in Africa: the continent sees 62% of all unsafe abortion-related deaths. Birth control can save women’s lives by reducing the number of unsafe abortions as it prevents unwanted or unplanned pregnancies before they begin. This means that in the future the woman can
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Controlling pregnancy and preventing child mortality with birth control
If there is anything worse than children dying, it is children dying from preventable causes. In sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 9 children die before the age of five; most of them from complications at birth, infections and malnutrition. With sufficient medical care and food, these deaths could be avoided. However,
Dispelling myths about hormonal contraception
Birth control is a way of preventing pregnancy before it begins. Hormonal contraception is a highly effective kind of birth control. There are myths associated with using it, such as that it may cause infertility or cancer, which are not true. HOW DOES HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION WORK? Each month a woman
Why birth control has the potential to end poverty
Birth control can lift communities out of poverty because it means that families can decide when to have children. Having a child should always be a conscious decision. If all families had children only when they can provide enough food, a reasonable medical care and schooling for them, children would