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China limited families to one child from 1980 to 2015 to curb population growth. The policy paid off economically for the country, but it left couples whose only child died grieving and impoverished.
Men can practically help their partners access care by assisting with the costs of attending clinical appointments such as transportation, health insurance, and meals while on route to the clinic.
Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
In many sub-Saharan African countries, 20% of mothers have suffered the death of a child, a new study finds. In Mali, Liberia and Malawi, it’s common for mothers to lose two children.
With healthcare facilities burned by the Covid-19 pandemic, some countries have eased access to the “abortion pills” mifepristone and misoprostol (RU-486), a change that could signal a long-term shift.
Having fewer children is one of the most effective ways an individual can mitigate climate change.
High fertility is driven by a number of factors including desired family size, low levels of use of modern contraceptives, and high levels of adolescent childbearing.
The aim is to reduce maternal deaths, address the unmet need for family planning and end gender-based violence by 2030.
If NSW decriminalises abortion, women will be able to access a termination up to 22 weeks’ gestation. But such cut-offs are arbitrary and should be abandoned.
Female-centred health services are good, but they may detract from gender equality and men’s health.
Women of all walks of life have abortions: married, single, child-free, and mothers. New research shows what’s happening in their life when they do.
How do women decide how many children to have and when to have them? The data reveal a few major patterns.
A new study shows that as the father’s age increases, so too the chances of the baby being born prematurely, having a low birth weight, or requiring medical intervention after delivery.
Tanzania was an early, ardent believer in family planning. Now it joins a growing number of developing nations that see potential advantage in having a huge and growing workforce.
China wants its citizens to have more children. But they are reluctant to.
Empowered women make millions of decisions that add up to a better demographic situation for themselves, their children and for Africa.
There are signs China could drop its two-child policy in an attempt to boost population growth.
Fifty years ago biologist Paul Ehrlich published ‘The Population Bomb,’ an apocalyptic warning that overcrowding would lead to wars and famine. Here’s what the book got right and wrong.
On the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, an encyclical released by Pope Paul VI calling for prohibition on contraceptive use, a scholar describes the struggles of Catholic women, as well as their activism.
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Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University
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Professor at Prince Henry's Institute, Hudson Institute
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Professor of Practice, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Health Sociologist, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Hudson Institute
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Fellow, International Maternal and Newborn Health; Principal-Maternal & Child Health, Burnet Institute
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Auburn University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
