Whatever Happened to Family Planning and, for That Matter.... Duff G. Gillespie.
by Gillespie, Duff G; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 70Human Relations. Publisher: International Family Planning Perspectives, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Abortion | AIDS (Disease) -- Transmission | Birth control | International Conference on Population and Develop | Mother and child | Reproductive health | Women's health servicesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In 1994, the nations of the world gathered in Cairo for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and hammered out the comprehensive Programme of Action to improve women's sexual and reproductive health. Just six years later, the nations of the world agreed on eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and reproductive health was excluded. This exclusion is emblematic of the declining priority placed on reproductive health and is a needed wake-up call. The time has come to reflect on the poor standing of reproductive health as a development issue and to mount efforts to get it back on the agenda." (INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES) The author argues that reproductive health and family planning efforts must be better promoted and organized to avoid being overlooked.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
High School - old - to delete | REF SIRS 2005 Human Relations Article 70 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: Whatever Happened to Family Planning and, for That Matter..., March 2004; pp. 34-38.
"In 1994, the nations of the world gathered in Cairo for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and hammered out the comprehensive Programme of Action to improve women's sexual and reproductive health. Just six years later, the nations of the world agreed on eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and reproductive health was excluded. This exclusion is emblematic of the declining priority placed on reproductive health and is a needed wake-up call. The time has come to reflect on the poor standing of reproductive health as a development issue and to mount efforts to get it back on the agenda." (INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES) The author argues that reproductive health and family planning efforts must be better promoted and organized to avoid being overlooked.
Records created from non-MARC resource.
There are no comments for this item.