The Unmet Need for Family Planning - Countdown 2015 Europe

Videos••Marie Stopes International (MSI) Make Women MatterCampaign short videos: http://www.makewomenmatter.org/watch••New York Times short video (4 minutes) about unmet needin Haiti (2009): http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/04/04/opinion/1194839118170/saving-lives-with-family-planning.html••Population Reference Bureau (PRB) video (16 minutes)highlights how family planning contributes to economicgrowth and poverty reduction at the family, community andnational levels, and aims to reposition family planning higheron policy agendas in sub-Saharan Africa: http://www.prb.org/Journalists/Webcasts/2011/family-planning-povertyreduction.aspx(PRB website suggests a French version willbe available soon.)PhotobanksPlanetwire: provides free images of development-related topics,including women’s and children’s health and HIV, to NGOs andothers: http://www.planetwire.org/audiovisuals.phpPhotoshare: thousands of international health and developmentimages, free for non-profit and educational usehttp://www.photoshare.org/World Bank photos: Images are available for free at high (8”x12”300dpi) and low resolutions.These are not suitable for printing. Low-resolution images canbe found on the World Bank Flickr site: www.worldbank.org/flickrFor PC users, right-click on the image and choose a size fromthe menu that pops up. This will take you to a page where youcan download the photo.For printed documents, use high-resolution images (8”x12”,300dpi). These can be found at the World Bank photolibrary: http://secure.worldbank.org/photolibrary/servlet/main?pagePK=149932For PowerPoint presentations and online documents orwebsites, you can use low-resolution images (8”x12” 72dpi).GlossaryContraceptive prevalence rateThe proportion of women of reproductive age who are using (orwhose partner is using) a contraceptive method at a given pointin time.Family planningMethods and strategies which enable individuals and couplesto anticipate and attain their desired number of children and thespacing and timing of their births. It is achieved through use ofcontraceptive methods and the treatment of involuntary infertility.A woman’s ability to space and limit her pregnancies has a directimpact on her health and well-being as well as on the outcomeof each pregnancy.Fertility rateMeasures which relate the number of births in a given period tothe number of women of reproductive age (unlike the crude birthrate, which relates births to the whole population). The generalfertility rate relates births in a particular period, usually a year, towomen aged 15–49 or 15–44 years at that time. Age-specificfertility rates relate births to women in specific reproductive agegroups, e.g. 15–19, 20–24. These rates are usually expressedper 1000 women. The total fertility rate sums the age-specificrates to provide a hypothetical average number of childreneach woman would have if the current rates prevailed over herchildbearing period.Modern contraceptivesClinic and supply methods of contraception, including femaleand male sterilization; Intra Uterine Devices; hormonal methods,such as oral pills, injectables, hormone-releasing implants, skinpatches, and vaginal rings; male and female condoms; andvaginal barrier methods, such as the diaphragm, cervical cap,spermicidal foams, jellies, creams and sponges.Total fertility rateAverage number of children born alive to a woman during herlifetime. More specifically, TFR is the expected number of childrena women who survives to the end of the reproductive age spanwill have during her lifetime if she experiences the given agespecificrates. TFR shows the potential for population change ina country. A rate of two children per woman is considered thereplacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability interms of total numbers.Traditional methods of family planningNon-pharmaceutical or non-barrier methods of pregnancyprevention, including rhythm, withdrawal, abstinence andlactational amenorrhoea (a method based on the naturalpostpartum infertility that occurs when a woman is fullybreastfeeding and not menstruating; women must becontinuously and exclusively breastfeeding and less than sixmonths postpartum). Studies show the ineffectiveness of usingsuch methods.Unintended pregnancyA pregnancy that occurs when a woman wants to postponeconception for at least two years or did not want to becomepregnant at all.38 www.countdown2015europe.org