A new 12 million dollar family planning drive launched here Wednesday highlights how Obama administration funding has revamped a contraception drive in Africa ...
Pairing family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatment can help curb Africa's population growth rate which records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent, health ...
UN chief urges new commitment to women's equality, girls education and access to birth control Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked the 15th anniversary of a "watershed" U.N. conference that called for women's equality by urging all countries Monday to renew their commitment to ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Young people in the Asia Pacific region need to get over taboos on talking about sex, with a survey showing most don't know much about contraception while a third do not discuss it with their partner. The survey ...
The so-called "morning-after" contraception pill was available in Spain without prescription for the first time Monday, in a bid to limit the number of unwanted pregnancies, the health ministry said. "It's important to facilitate access to all women, irrespective of their place ...
MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 27: A pharmacist shows a box containing a 'morning-after pill' in a pharmacy on September 27, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. The emergency contraceptive product will be available over the counter, with no age limit at Spanish pharmacies from ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Worries about the economy have led many American women to think twice about having a baby, a survey released on Wednesday found, with nearly half of those surveyed saying they want to delay pregnancy or limit the number of ...
Individuals and sexual partners, both men and women alike, have a number of options when it comes to using birth control. Physical barriers such as condoms or diaphragms are popular, as well as prescriptions for women for the birth control pill. Men ...
Unchecked population growth is speeding climate change, damaging life-nurturing ecosystems and dooming many countries to poverty, experts concluded in a conference report released Monday. Unless birth rates are lowered sharply through voluntary family-planning programmes and easy access to contraceptives, the tally of ...
Giving contraceptives to poor women could help combat climate change, experts say Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Friday. More than 200 million women worldwide want contraceptives, but don't have ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Contraception advice is crucial to poor countries' battle with climate change, and policy makers are failing their people if they continue to shy away from the issue, a leading family planning expert said on Friday. Leo Bryant, a lead ...
Argentina recalls 40,000 IUDs, potentially contaminated with bacteria from poor packaging Argentina's government is recalling 40,000 IUDs after discovering some of the birth control devices contaminated with bacteria. The health ministry says the intrauterine devices were distributed for free by public hospitals ...
