The Unmet Need for Family Planning - Countdown 2015 Europe

$1 spent on FP saves $4International agreements recognizing importance offamily planningEvery US$1 spenton family planningSaves at least US$4that would otherwise be spenttreating complications fromunintended pregnanciesInternationalConferenceon Population &DevelopmentProgrammeof Action19941995UN Women’sConferencein BeijingSource: Singh, S., J. Darroch, et al. (2009) Adding it up: The costsand benefits of investing in family planning and maternal and newbornhealth. New York: Guttmacher Institute and United Nations PopulationFund; Speidel, J., S. Sinding, et al. (2009) Making the Case for USInternational Family Planning Assistance. Baltimore, Maryland: JohnsHopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Bill and Melinda GatesInstitute for Population and Reproductive Health.Paris Declarationon Aid Effectivenessand Accra Agenda20052006Maputo Planof ActionTimeline: International agreementsInternational agreements recognizing the importance offamily planning, 1994–2010Campaign onAcceleratedReduction of MaternalMortality (CARMMA)2009UN Global Strategyfor Women’s& Children’s Health1994 International Conference on Population &Development (ICPD) Programme of Action1995 UN Women’s Conference in BeijingMuskoka Initiativeon Maternal, Newborn& Child Health2000 Millennium Summit’s Millennium Development Goals(MDGs)2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the AccraAgenda for Action2006 Maputo Plan of Action2009 Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of MaternalMortality (CARMMA)Correlation between use of modern contraception andinfant mortality (global)1002010 UN Global Strategy for Women’s & Children’s Health;and Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn & ChildHealthInfant deaths per1000 live births806040200