Family planning and population control in developing countries

Family planning and population control in developing countries.

Family Planning in Developing Countries

Recently, commentators in several prominent U.S. publications have declared that the population explosion is over and concluded that population growth is no longer a serious policy issue. “The population boom is a bust,” declares one.2 One statistic commonly cited as evidence of this is the global decline in fertility rates (the number of children born per woman). It is true that fertility worl...

Unmet Need for Family Planning in Developing Countries and Implications for Population Policy

" UNMET NEED FOR family planning, " which refers to the condition of wanting to avoid or postpone childbearing but not using any method of contraception , has been a core concept in the international population field for more than three decades. Under the label " KAP-gap, " for knowledge, attitudes , and practice regarding family planning, the concept had its origins in the first fertility and ...

Control of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Developing Countries

بیماری روماتیسم قلبی یکی از شایعترین علل مرگ و میر ناشی از بیماریهای قلبی و عروقی در کشورهای در حال توسعه می باشد. براساس بررسیهای انجام شده، میزان شیوع بیماری در جامعه و مدارس از ۱ الی ۲۲ در هر هزار نفر کودک می باشد. تخمین زده میشود که تعداد مبتلایان به بیماریهای مزمن روماتیسم قلبی در کشورهای در حال توسعه ۳۰ میلیون و در کشورهای صنعتی ۱ / ۵ میلیون باشد. بسیاری از موارد مرگ و میر ناشی از این بیم...

Population and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

Purpose: This paper examines the economic effects of the demographic transition in developing countries. Findings: Based on data from the World Bank and using a sample of forty-three developing economies, we find that the growth rate of per capita GDP is linearly dependent upon population growth, both the young and old dependency ratios, the mortality rate, and whether or not the rate of popula...