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Global Contraception

Costs and Benefits

Focusing on developing countries—and the poorest countries, in particular—the Guttmacher Institute calculates the global, regional and country-level health costs associated with unmet need for contraception and the public health and economic benefits of meeting women’s contraceptive needs. 

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  • Policy Analysis

    Just $10 Per Person a Year Could Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to All—Will the United States Help Make That Happen?

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    Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2020

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    Investing in Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $3.00

    reduction in cost of maternal, newborn and abortion care for every $1 spent on contraceptive services beyond the current level
  • $1.00

    the annual per capita cost to meet the need for essential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services
  • 68%

    approximate reduction in unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in low- and middle-income countries

Resources

  • May 2012 Report

    Haciendo accesibles los servicios de aborto a partir de las reformas legales

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • April 2012 Report

    Making Abortion Services Accessible in the Wake of Legal Reforms

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • May 2012 Report

    Haciendo accesibles los servicios de aborto a partir de las reformas legales

    Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh and Lori S. Ashford

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • December 2011 News Release

    Burkinabe Women Experience High Rates of Unintended Pregnancy

    Global

    • Contraception
  • November 2011 Report

    Benefits of Meeting Women’s Contraceptive Needs in Burkina Faso

    Akinrinola Bankole, Michael Vlassoff, Aparna Sundaram, Lisa Remez and Danielle Belemsaga/Yugbare

    Global

    • Contraception
  • November 2011 Report

    Avantages liés à la satisfaction des besoins en matière de contraception moderne au Burkina Faso

    Akinrinola Bankole, Michael Vlassoff, Aparna Sundaram, Lisa Remez and Danielle Belemsaga/Yugbare

    Global

    • Contraception
  • August 2011 Policy Analysis

    The World at Seven Billion: Global Milestone A Reflection of Individual Needs

    Susan A. Cohen,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2010 Report

    Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Ethiopian Women

    Aparna Sundaram, Michael Vlassoff, Akinrinola Bankole, Lisa Remez and Yirgu Gebrehiwot

    Global

    • Contraception
  • December 2009 Report

    Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health

    Susheela Singh, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Lori S. Ashford and Michael Vlassoff

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • February 2009 Report

    Meeting Women's Contraceptive Needs in the Philippines

    Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh, Haley Ball and Josefina V. Cabigon

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    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy

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