RMNCH in the news: Family Planning Summit
Media coverage surrounding high-level reproductive health meeting
in London, UK on 11 July 2012
INTERNATIONAL:
Global ties needed in HIV and family planning services
Financial Times
– 17 July 2012
By bridging the artificial divide between HIV and family planning, we have an opportunity to
accelerate progress on both fronts and deliver ...
Gates Foundation's efforts to improve access to contraceptives will improve ...
News-Medical.net – 17 July 2012
Supporters of women's health ought to cheer the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's plan" to provide
$1 billion over eight years to increasing women's access to contraceptives and family planning
services because the "effort underscores the critical role of family planning in the international
battle to reduce poverty and improve maternal health," a Seattle Times editorial states ...
Melinda Gates helps family planning make a fresh start
People & the Planet – 16 July 2012
As the dust settles on last week's London Family Planning Summit it is becoming clear that this event
has a good chance of giving a promising new start to the century-long battle to bring informed
choice over child-bearing to women everywhere ...
Opinion pieces, blog posts address family planning issues ...
News-Medical.net – 12 July 2012
On World Population Day, observed on Wednesday, July 11, the U.K. Government and the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation are co-hosting the London Summit on Family Planning. The following are
summaries of opinion pieces and blog posts published ahead of the conference ...
Australia to double family planning aid
ReliefWeb.int – 12 July 2012
Australia will double its aid funding for family planning services in developing countries to $50
million a year by 2016, as part of efforts to support a global ...
Melinda Gates pledges $560 million for contraception
Reuters – 11 July 2012
The funding commitment was unveiled on Wednesday at the London Summit on Family Planning
alongside pledges totaling $4.3 billion from the British government and leaders from African …
Landmark Summit Puts Women at Heart of Global Health Agenda
DigitalJournal.com (press release) – 11 July 2012
Voluntary family planning services will reach an additional 120 million women and girls in the world's
poorest countries by 2020 thanks to a new set of commitments announced today by more than …
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Merck pledging funds to reduce maternal mortality
Businessweek – 11 July 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Merck & Co. said Wednesday it will pledge up to $25 million over eight years to
reduce mortality in women giving birth. Merck said the pledge will be matched by the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. The company and the Gates Foundation announced the pledge at the London
Summit on Family Pla
g…
Family Planning Series
TheLancet.com – 10 July 2012
This Lancet Series reviews the evidence for the effects of population and family planning on people's
well-being and the environment ...
The rebirth of family planning
The Lancet – 10 July 2012
In 2010, Ban Ki-moon launched his Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, Every
Woman, Every Child . After a decade of campaigning by ...
Providing full access to contraception would cut maternal mortality rates by a ...
GlobalPost – 10 July 2012
A new study has found that providing full access to contraception in developing nations would cut
mater al deaths by a th rd …
Successful family planning rests on four key elements
SciDev.Net – 10 July 2012
Implementation is the primary challenge for renewed family planning efforts, says demography and
population specialist John May …
FT Health: Sexual & Reproductive Health 2012
Financial Times – 7 July 2012
In this issue: There is an increased determination to spread the benefits of contraception ...
Renewed effort to boost birth control
Financial Times – 7 July 2012
Nearly 20 years after governments reached consensus at an international conference in Cairo on
family planning in 1994, progress has been limited and, in some cases, the trend has gone into
reverse. About 215m women in developing countries seeking ...
Opinion: Women should be given the power of choice
Financial Times – 7 July 2012
That is more than all the women of reproductive age in Europe. I have made family planning my
priority, because the women I meet when I travel consistently tell me that having the power to
decide when to have a child is central to achieving their goals ...
An issue that has been long neglected
Financial Times – 7 July 2012
Many countries, particularly in Asia and Latin America, embarked on organised family planning
programmes. As an additional impetus to socioeconomic development efforts, these programmes
helped to reduce fertility by 0.5 to 1.5 children per woman.
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Women need power to plan their lives
Financial Times – 7 July 2012
On a recent visit to northern Uganda, at a meeting on contraceptive options, women were asked if
they would like a consultation with a doctor so they could investigate family planning options
further. Every one of them raised their hand. On July 11 we ...
Blog posts address London Summit on Family Planning
News-Medical.net – 4 July 2012
The London Summit on Family Planning, co-sponsored by the U.K. government and the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation with support from UNFPA and other partners, is scheduled to …
Family planning is planning to save lives
Reuters AlertNet – 2 July 2012
As we approach the London Summit on Family Planning, it is estimated that every year 287,000
women and girls die from complications in pregnancy and/or childbirth. The vast majority of these
deaths occur where poverty, conflict and natural disaster make everyday life a challenge …
The case for family planning that Rio+20 forgot
People & the Planet –
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Now, in a new effort to tackle the family planning issue, developing country leaders, donors and
NGOs will be meeting in London on July 11 for the London Family Planning Summit at the invitation
of the UK Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates ...
UNFPA to Work with UK Government and Gates Foundation to Give 120 Million More ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release) –
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UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling on governments around the world to commit
more resources to the critical issue of voluntary family planning. On World Population Day, 11 July,
the London Summit on Family Planning will launch an ...
UN aims to put family planning back on 'radar'
Businessweek – 26 June,
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations Population Fund wants the world to pay more
attention to family planning issues. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin told The Associated Press that "family
planning seems to have fallen off the radar" in the past two ...
UN aims to put family planning back on 'radar'
he ss ated ress - Jun 26,
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations Population Fund wants the world to pay more
attention to family planning issues. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin told The Associated Press that "family
planning seems to have fallen off the radar" in the past two ...
Examining the 'domino effect' of family planning
New-Medical.net – 22 June 2012
In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Megan Averill and
Tricia Petruney, senior technical officers with FHI 360's Global Health, Population and Nutrition
Group, and Ward Cates, president emeritus at FHI 360, discuss the "domino effect" of family
planning ...
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AFRICA:
Beyond Contraceptive Controversy - Melinda Gates Bets on Pro-Life Policies
AllAfrica.com – 23 July 2012
The Lancet study says family planning – partly by spacing children – probably already prevents about
270000 maternal deaths annually. In the same issue of the journal, however, the prime ministers of
Rwanda and Ethiopia note that more than 40 million ...
Exaggerated fears hinder family planning initiatives
The Citizen Daily – 21 July 2012
Last week's summit on family planning, which took place in London, is a sign of heightened
international concern about safe motherhood. However, this happens when most married couples in
developing nations, including Tanzania, fear the unknown.
Kenya falters on family planning vow
Capital FM Kenya – 18 July 2012
Kenya failed to make specific commitments on the use of family planning during a London summit
that was attended by major international donors and 69 countries. African Institute for Development
Policy Executive Director Eliyas ...
Zimbabwe: Govt to Improve Access to Family Planning
AllAfrica.com – 18 July 2012
ABOUT 211 000 married women, especially in rural areas, who want to avoid or delay pregnancies
are failing to do so as they fail to access any method of family planning. This has prompted
Government to consider scrapping user fees, among other barriers.
Family Planning Education Needed at Community Level
Awoko – 18 July 2012
Family Planning is a human rights issue that needs urgent attention because millions of women are
dying in most developing countries as a result of lack of information and access to …
Family Planning Essential for Development
AllAfrica.com – 18 July 2012
Paris — Improving family planning to avoid unwanted pregnancies in developing countries, as well as
assuring girls' access to education, and women's participation in the economy, are essential
components of a sound development policy, according to ...
Nigeria Pledges US $33.4 Million for Family Planning Services
AllAfrica.com – 17 July 2012
In furtherance of its commitment towards enhancing access of voluntary family planning services to
an additional 120 million women and girls in Nigeria and …
Baby Boom: The Link Between Business And Family Planning
Ventures Africa – 16 July 2012
The London Family Planning Summit held on July 11, 2012 sought to address the challenge of access
to contraceptives for women worldwide. If you fail to see the connection between business and
contraceptives, consider that nearly 800 women die daily in ...
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Too Many Babies Straining Economy
AllAfrica.com – 16 July 2012
More awareness about family planning would also have made a big difference in her own marriage she and her husband have 6 children. "I learned to use contraceptives too late," Mukamurigo
recognizes. "My husband and I realize that our family is bigger ...
Britain committed to helping Malawi in family planning
Nyasa Times – 14 July 2012
Britain says it will continue assisting Malawi with basic resources especially for the rural people
including family planning. The British Under Secretary of State for International Development,
Stephen Rothwell O'Brien, was speaking to the media after ...
Kenya signs up to global family planning initiative
The Citizen Daily – 14 July 2012
Kenya is among countries that have signed up to a new Sh356 billion drive to promote family
planning services. A summit in London on family planning pledged funds to ensure 120 million
women and girls in poor countries access contraceptives by 2020.
Poor family planning hinders development
The Star – 14 July 2012
THE government may not attain the Millennium Development Goals due to the low uptake of family
planning, a public health official has said. Dr Agnes Nakato of the division of reproductive health in
the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation said ...
Family Planning Summit Focuses On Mother and Child Survival
AllAfrica.com – 13 July 2012
London — By focusing on health and mother and child survival, and sidestepping some of the more
contentious issues, the 11 July London Summit on Family Planning led to financial pledges of an
extra US$4.6 billion for family planning services in ...
Contraception Innovations Can 'Save Millions'
AllAfrica.com – 13 July 2012
The link is strong between maternal health and very early care and setting the stage for your
development and well-being and productivity throughout your entire lifetime. Why has family
planning become a focus of maternal and child health programs?
Family Planning Requires 140 Billion
AllAfrica.com – 13 July 2012
The current programmes reach 2.4 million women countrywide, the president told the International
Summit on Family Planning late Wednesday.The groundbreaking Summit brought together
governments, private sector and civil society to brainstorm on new ...
Donors, African Countries Pledge Billions to Family Planning
AllAfrica.com – 13 July 2012
The international community has put contraception back on the development agenda with
commitments to reach 120m more women with family planning services by 2020. Donors have
committed $2.6bn to improve family planning services in developing ...
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Museveni Pledges $5 Million to Family Planning Drive
AllAfrica.com – 13 July 2012
President Museveni has pledged to commit $5m (Shs 12.5bn) annually to funding family planning
services in Uganda. This commitment marks a break from the past, when family planning has had no
directly committed funding from the government. "This is a ...
Govt to Prioritize Reproductive Health
AllAfrica.com – 13 July 2012
Uganda this week joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Population day with a call to
government to improve access to reproductive health services. Wednesday's celebrations, under the
theme, 'Make access to reproductive health services a ...
Uganda: Summit Promises 4.6 Billion for Family Planning
AllAfrica.com – 13 July 2012
The London summit on Family Planning ended on Wednesday with global leaders pledging 4.6 billion
dollars towards boosting family planning for 120 million women and girls in the world's poorest
countries by 2020. The summit hosted by DFID and the Bill ...
Family Planning is a basic human right UNFPA Director
Awoko – 12 July 2012
In a press conference yesterday to commemorate World Population Day, Director of UNFPA sub
Regional Office Idrissa Ouaedraogu said that Family Planning is a basic human right. He added that
giving birth is typically the most joyful moment in a women's ...
Family Planning Vital for Development
AllAfrica.com – 12 July 2012
TANZANIA is among African countries attending the International Family Planning Summit that
began in London yesterday, a forum that is of crucial significance to the country and other
developing nations. The aim of the London Summit on Family Planning ...
Family Planning Is a Collective Responsibility, Says Kagame
AllAfrica.com – 12 July 2012
President Paul Kagame yesterday called on the world community to collectively promote family
planning, adding his voice to a global chorus calling for provision of modern contraceptives to 120
million of girls and women in developing countries who have ...
FG Fully Committed To Reducing Maternal, Child Mortality Rates- Health Minister
Leadership Newspapers (Nigeria) – 11 July 2012
In his address at the Global Family Planning Summit which began in London today, Wednesday, the
Minister said that the Jonathan-led administration is committed to enhancing access to, and
utilization of essential, basic life-saving interventions ...
Ethiopia: Speech By Ethiopia's Minister of Health At the London Summit On Family Planning
AllAfrica.com – 11 July 2012
Reinforced by the 2015 MDGs, countries have achieved tremendous progress particularly on the first
two parts of the 4-point ICPD action plan set 20 years ago in Cairo: universal access to education;
and reducing child mortality. In fact, emboldened by ...
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Money must work for family – Dr Kaseba
Zambia Daily Mail – 11 July 2012
The First Lady was delivering a keynote address to the Bill and Melinda Gates pre-conference
d s ss
wh se theme s: “Mak g M ey W rk f r Fam ly la
g” at the …
Statement of Commitment By the Federal Republic of Nigeria
AllAfrica.com – 11 July 2012
We are fully committed to reducing our currently unacceptably high maternal and child mortality
rates. In this context, we are committed to enhancing access to, and utilization of essential, basic
life-saving interventions, including the unmet need for family planning ...
London Summit to Focus On Investing in Family Planning
AllAfrica.com – 10 July 2012
The London summit on Family Planning that will take place on July 11, will seek more investment in
Family planning to reduce maternal deaths and improve women, girls' health, according to …
London Summit Aims to Saves Lives With Family Planning
AllAfrica.com – 10 July 2012
Washington, DC — A summit aimed at halving the number of women in developing countries
without access to contraception opens in London on Wednesday, and African women stand to
benefit the most because of their comparatively low rates of ...
Rwanda on Right Track, Removing Barriers to Family Planning Access
AllAfrica.com – 10 July 2012
Extensive sensitisation on family planning by several health organisations and actors in Rwanda has
gradually broken barriers hindering the usage of modern contraceptives. Women between the ages
of 15 to 49 years are the most affected when they have ...
JK in summit on family planning
The Citizen (TZ) – 10 July 2012
According to the statement, the summit was a collective opportunity to generate global
commitments to increase access to family planning and, in doing so, accelerate the achievement of
MDGs 4 (reducing child mortality) and 5 (improving maternal health). They include MDG target 5b
(reproductive health) – as well as MDG target 6a (HIV prevention). It will build on the momentum
reated by the UN Se retary Ge eral's Gl bal Strategy f r W me 's a d Ch ldre 's Health, “Every
W ma , Every Ch ld”, a d the
vat ve public-private and civil society partnerships …
Family planning saves cash
Citizen – 9 July 2012
Yes, this sweeping decision was made even though more than 200 million women worldwide want
access to family planning services but do not have them; even though there are 75 million
unintended pregnancies in the world each year; even though some ...
Family Planning On the International Agenda
AllAfrica.com – 26 June 2012
In order not to be disappointed again, NGOs being led by International Planned Parenthood
Federation ahead of London family Planning Summit in early July has coordinated a civil society
response to the summit before it kicks up. It produced a 2 page declaration for civil societies ...
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Millions of Women Have Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning
Vibe Ghana – 25 June 2012
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) finds that
the number of women in developing countries who want to ...
Millions of women have unmet need for modern family planning
Ghana News Agency – 22 June 2012
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) finds that
the number of women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy but are not using
modern contraception declined only slightly between 2008 and 2012, from 226 to 222 million.
However, in the 69 poorest countries, where 73% of all women with unmet need for modern
contraceptives reside, the number increased, fr m 53 t 6 m ll w me …
ASIA-PACIFIC:
Contraception, but no coercion
The Hindu (Opinion) – 24 July 2012
Rich countries pledged large financial resources to expand access to contraception to some 120
million women and girls in the developing world at the recent London Summit on Family Planning.
Such promises seem audacious, especially when many G8 ...
Pakistan struggles to meet Millennium Development Goals
The Express Tribune – 23 July 2012
For Pakistan, investing in voluntary family planning today would not only pay dividends now, but
would also help the next working generation of young people enjoy opportunities and …
Sex isn't just about consequences
ABC Online: The Drum Opinion – 20 July 2012
In the wake of the 'London Summit on Family Planning', we have been told again that family
planning saves lives. Yet, what kind of family planning? ...
Contraception not the answer to maternal mortality
Eureka Street – 17 July 2012
When basic health in developing countries is so limited, when a population has no access to basic,
life-saving antibiotics, especially in the most remote regions where maternal mortality is most
severe, it is unrealistic to think these methods can be ...
NZ parliamentarians support family planning commitments
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – 17 July 2012
The New Zealand Parliamentarians' Group on Population and Development (NZPPD) congratulates
the organisers of last week's family planning summit which has seen $2.6 billion …
Significant 'gaps' in family planning: govt
Myanmar Times – 16 July 2012
Speaking at a conference on family planning in Nay Pyi Taw on July 11, she said there was a
significant funding shortfall between demand for family planning services, especially …
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Pacific groups welcome contraception funding boost
ABC Online – 16 July 2012
At an international summit on family planning in London last week, donors, including Australia,
pledged $US2.6 billion over the next eight years to increase access to family planning. Australia's
Foreign Minister Bob Carr said the funding was critical ...
Renewed focus on Pacific family planning
Radio Australia – 16 July 2012
It's long been off the agenda for international development. But last week in London the spotlight
was put back on family planning and its role in improving living sta dards devel
g at s …
Matter of life and deathly silence
Sydney Morning Herald – 15 July 2012
This week there was a huge international conference in London about one of the most important
issues in development - contraception and family planning. It happened because one woman was
fed up with the fear that still exists among politicians when it ...
Opening the gates to a better deal for women
Sydney Morning Herald – 14 July 2012
The best of the summit was rolled out for a Sydney conference room crowded with men and women
whose tireless advocacy for family planning services in the developing world led to what all agree is
a pivotal moment in international devel me t …
Nitish wins praise as family planning bounces back
Hindustan Times – 13 July 2012
When the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a 'family planning summit' in London this
week, jointly with the British government, it sounded like something from the distant past. I asked
Melinda Gates about it. "Because of the huge mistakes made in India, Peru and the US, we backed
away from it in the global health agenda, instead of learning from the mistakes and making
changes," she replied. "So we ended up with this situation today where 200 million women don't
have access to contraception."…
Targetting in family planning remains a concern in India
Times of India – 12 July 2012
A conglomeration of human rights' organizations has challenged the Indian government's approach
towards family planning in the light of the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11.
Family Carr: Australia to double program funding
The Canberra Times – 12 July 2012
As world leaders convene for a major family planning summit in London, Foreign Minister Bob Carr
has announced Australia will double its overseas aid for family planning programs to more than $50
million a year by 2016 …
Life saver: why Pacific women deserve contraceptive choice
Conversation Media Group – 12 July 2012
World leaders, international donors, government officials from developing countries and civil society
organisations gathered at the London Summit on Family Planning overnight to support the right of
women and adolescent girls to freely decide the number and timing of their children ...
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Using birth control will cut deaths, study finds
Sydney Morning Herald – 11 July 2012
The study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, published yesterday in The Lancet, uses
maternal mortality and survey data from the United Nations and World Health Organisation to
estimate the annual number of maternal deaths in 172 countries and ...
Global contraceptives funds sought
Sky News Australia – 9 July 2012
The London Family Planning Summit, which is hosted by the UK government and the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, also aims to encourage poor countries to develop their policies to
support the rights of women. Health ministers, charities, donors and ...
UN, govt to begin family planning push
Myanmar Times – 9 July 2012
On the same day in London the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) will, with the support of DFID and the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundat , la h a “
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Children having children — and dying — a 'global scandal'
The Hindu – 28 June
In this context, the NGO is urging world leaders — who are congregating in London next month for a
family planning summit hosted by the UK government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — to
increase global availability of contraceptives and ...
Charity alarmed at 50000 teenage pregnancy deaths
New Zealand Herald – 27 June 20
It's a global scandal that 50,000 teenagers die each year due to pregnancy and childbirth
complications, says British charity Save the Children ...
Courier Mail – 27 June 2012
In a report entitled, How Family Planning Saves Children's Lives, Save the Children also cited official
data which reveals that nearly one million babies born to teenage mothers die each year before their
f rst b rthday …
EUROPE:
Moving the sexual health agenda forward for young people
The Guardian – 24 July 2012
London summit shows growing consensus over young people's sexual and reproductive health and
rights ...
South Sudan one year on, family planning, and food aid
The Guardian – 17 July 2012
News roundup: We review the outcome of the London family planning summit and how the world's
newest country is doing …
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£1bn pledge for family planning
UK Press Association – 11 July 2012
The Government is set to pledge to donate more than £1 billion to help family planning services in
the developing world. In a bid to help 24 million girls and women in the world's poorest …
Summit on global family planning
UK Press Association – 11 July 2012
World health leaders should address "culture as well as condoms" when they meet to discuss
enhancing family planning services in the developing world, a charity said. Cultural practices …
Money must work for family – Dr Kaseba
UKZAMBIANS – 11 July 2012
First Lady Christine Kaseba has asked donors to step up funding and support for family planning so
that intended programmes can directly benefit vulnerable groups in poor countries, mostly found in
the third world ...
Government pledges £1bn to family planning in developing world
The Independent – 11 July 2012
The Government will today pledge to donate more than £1 billion to help family planning services in
the developing world …
Ireland not invited to world summit on family planning
thejournal.ie – 10 July 2012
The foundation has invited a number of Governments, international organisations and
representatives from civil society and the private sector to take part in the gathering, which will
double up as a pledging conference …
London hosts family planning summit
Scotsman – 9 July 2012
World health leaders are to meet in London this week to pour cash into family planning in the
developing world.
How to teach... family planning
The Guardian (UK) – 9 July 2012
On the eve of the London Family Planning Summit, the Guardian Teacher Network has resources to
help pupils understand the issues surrounding teenage pregnancy, both here and in the developing
world.
IoS letters, emails & online postings
The Independent (UK) – 8 July 2012
This week's London Summit on Family Planning is an opportunity to refocus international
development efforts on this neglected issue and to re-ignite the much needed movement …
Melinda Gates hits out at 'war on women' on eve of summit
The Guardian (UK) – 7 July 2012
In response Gates said the lack of family planning available to 210 million women was "a crime". She
added: "We made birth control and contraceptives way too political in the US. I think if people
understood that 200 million women want this around the ...
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Melinda Gates slams religious groups for criticising bid to bring birth ...
Daily Mail (UK) – 9 July 2012
Ahead of a conference on family planning being held in London this week, Gates, a practising
Catholic, has been targeted by religious groups who have called her campaign a 'blatant attack on
morality' ...
London summit to discuss family planning needs of women
IPPmedia (reprinted from The Guardian) – 6 July 2012
The Summit draws leaders from over sixty countries to join with major non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) and the private sector to make firm commitments to address the global shortfall in family planning provision which leaves 215 million women ...
Talk point: what's blocking access to contraception?
The Guardian (UK) – 3 July 2012
On 11 July, world leaders will descend on London for a global summit on family planning, aiming to
raise "unprecedented political commitment and resources" to expand access to family planning
information, services and supplies in developing countries ...
Global development podcast: focus on family planning
The Guardian (UK) – 2 July 2012
On 11 July London is to host a global summit on family planning. Here, our panel discusses how and
why such a controversial issue has become a worldwide priority, what are the political and practical
challenges – and what is at stake in such debates?
Joan Smith: When philanthropy endangers women's health
The Independent (Opinion) – 1 July 2012
The summit's ambitions are laudable. Around 215 million women in developing countries aren't able
to make choices about when to have children, and the aim is to deliver safe contraception to 120
million of them by 2020. DfID is expecting "global leaders" to attend the event, although it hasn't
released names as yet ...
Babies born to younger mothers at greater risk
ITV News –
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World leaders will meet in London next month for a family planning summit hosted by the UK
government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Save the Children is urging them to increase
the global availability of contraceptives and empower girls and ...
ITV News – 27 June 2012
Save the Children published a major report on family planning around the world today in which it
argues that more widespread contraception could take a big chunk out of the number of babies and
m thers wh d e d r g reg a y …
Teenage pregnancy deaths a 'global scandal': charity
AFP – 26 June
In a report entitled "How family planning saves children's lives", Save the Children also cited official
data which revealed that nearly one million babies born to teenage mothers die each year before
their first birthday. "The issue of children having ...
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Summit to pledge £1.5bn
The Independent (UK) – 24 June 2012
Last summer Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary, was reduced to tears as he
watched the joy of Claudine, a Rwandan mother of five, when she was told she was not going to
have another child. It was this moment that inspired Mr Mitchell to set up a summit, to be held in
London next month, that aims to halve the number of women in the world's poorest countries with
no access to contraception ...
When teenage pregnancy is a death sentence
The Independent (UK) – 24 June 2012
The need for money – and awareness campaigns – to help these women is so critical that the British
government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are holding a summit on family planning in
London next month. They aim to provide 120 million of the world's poorest women with access to
contraception over the next eight years, at an estimated cost of almost £2.6bn ...
NORTH AMERICA:
Pro-Life Opposition to Melinda Gates Population Summit Not Fading
LifeNews.com – 20 July 2012
New York, NY (CFAM/LifeNews) — Pro-life protesters at the Family Planning Summit in London last
week signaled that opposition to the multi-billion dollar campaign is not going away ...
CycleBeads Natural Family Planning Tool Now Available from Maternova
MarketWatch (press release) – 19 July 2012
Family planning helps couples make thoughtful decisions about when to have children and plan how
many children they would like to have. Numerous reports including one released last month by the
UNFPA and the Guttmacher Institute note that current contraceptive use prevents millions of
unintended pregnancies, miscarriages and over 100,000 maternal deaths annually ...
Catholics plan Natural Family Planning Awareness Week
Examiner.com – 19 July 2012
Advertisement. The Roman Catholic Church launches Natural Family Planning Awareness Week on
ly , the U ted States C fere e f Cath l B sh s a
ed h rsday. “Del berately
intervening, by the use of contraceptive practices, to close off ...
Annie And Tali Lennox Attend Family Planning Summit
Look To The Stars – 18 July 2012
The London Summit on Family Planning, co-hosted by the UK Government's Department for
International Development and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was an unprecedented effort
that showcased innovative partnerships and leadership at the ...
Lives saved worldwide with birth control
The Grio – 17 July 2012
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Commitments Announced At London Summit Show Power Of Family Planning Evidence
Kaiser Family Foundation – 16 July 2012
"High levels of unmet need for contraception around the world have a very negative impact on
women's and children's health and survival as well as on the prosperity of communities and
nations," Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) writes in the ...
Gates Foundation pledges $1 billion for contraceptives
NewsOK.com – 15 July 2012
The new funding level represents a doubling of Gates spending for family planning and puts the topic
on a par with some of the foundation's other top priorities, including work on vaccines and
treatments for malaria, tuberculosis and HIV. Gates said ...
Melinda Gates: A Catholic puts 'reputation' on the line for family planning
Seattle Post Intelligencer – 15 July 2012
Melinda Gates "hung out" by a well in a West African village last week talking with women about
family planning. The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a practicing Catholic, is going
to the well to make contraception available to ...
Gates Foundation contraceptive funding will save lives, improve health for millions
The Seattle Times – 14 July 2012
Targeting $1 billion over eight years toward this effort underscores the critical role of family planning
in the international battle to reduce poverty and improve maternal health. Catholic leaders view…
Summit Pledges Family Planning Services for World's Poor
WFMY News 2 – 14 July 2012
Summit Pledges Family Planning Services for World's Poor. The London Summit on Family Planning
brought together heads of state, international agencies and private donors as part of a campaign …
Why the Global Effort for Access to Contraception Is So Important
The Atlantic – 12 July 2012
Better access to family planning could save lives and strengthen ec
m es …
Surgeon General of the United States Comments on Family Planning Summit in London
PR Newswire (press release) – 12 July 2012
Dr. Joycelyn Elders, 15th Surgeon General of the United States said, "The London Summit to
Revitalize Family Planning promises to be one of the most important efforts in recent history to
improve the education, health and l ves f
r w me a d g rls." …
Melinda Gates pledges $560 million for contraception
EmpowHer – 12 July 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Melinda Gates has pledged $560 million as part of a campaign to expand access
to contraception f r w me
s me f the
rest …
Gates Foundation To Double Family Planning Efforts
KUOW NPR – 12 July 2012
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it will double its investment to make
contraception more available in poor countries. Melinda Gates offered details yesterday at a London
summ t. KU W's R by de L a re rts …
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Too many mothers still dying
CNN International – 11 July 2012
(By Babatunde Osotimehin, Special to CNN) We have the tools for preventing these tragedies.
Measures such as expanding access to voluntary family planning, investing in health workers with
midwifery skills and ensuring access to emergency obstetric care when complications arise have
been shown time and again to work ...
Family Planning Central To Development And Women's Empowerment
MarketWatch (press release) – 11 July 2012
"The new Lancet series on family planning shows that contraception can reduce maternal deaths by
more than 100000 per year, giving policymakers confidence to take bold action. The economic
analysis shows that women are the cornerstone of ...
Former UNFPA Leaders Praise London Summit as Transformative Moment for Family Planning
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) – 11 July 2012
Today leaders from around the world have gathered in London for an historic summit to tackle an
issue that we believe is the key to global development – access to voluntary family planning, which
reduces maternal and child mortality, builds stronger ...
Family-Planning Campaign to Aid Millions in World's Poorest
Voice of America – 11 July 2012
Health organizations are making family planning services, infant health more available for ...
Family Planning for Women in Conflict Areas Seen as Crucial
Voice of America – 11 July 2012
The International Rescue Committee says women having access to contraceptive helps reduce
maternal mortality in developing countries …
Melinda Gates promotes birth control as an important part of family planning
CBS News – 11 July 2012
Study says contraception prevents 272040 maternal deaths yearly, 30 percent more deaths can be
prevented if more birth control was available …
Merck pledging funds to reduce maternal mortality
CBS News – 11 July 2012
Wednesday it will pledge up to $25 million over eight years to reduce mortality in women giving
birth. Merck said the pledge will ...
Concept of Contraceptives Will Reduce Maternal Mortality
TopNews United States – 11 July 2012
"Our findings reinforce the need to accelerate access to contraception in countries with a low
prevalence of contraceptive use where gains in maternal mortality prevention could be greatest",
further affirmed Saifuddin. In order to reach at the above ...
New Study Shows Contraception Saves Women's Lives
Revmodo – 11 July 2012
It's also prescribed to regulate menstrual cycles, lower cancer risk, and now according to a study by
Johns Hopkins University, it also has the potential to reduce maternal mortality by nearly a third …
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Melinda Gates Launches Global Crusade for Contraception
TIME – 11 July 2012
Melinda Gates wants to put birth control back on the agenda. In May, the billionaire philanthropist
announced she plans to make family planning her signature, promising billions of dollars to promote
contraceptive use, particularly in poor nations …
The Gates' family planning initiative: the summit kicks off
Lifesite – 11 July 2012
The Gates are campaigning to raise $4bn worldwide to expand contraceptive and "reproductive
health" services to 120 million of the...
World Population Day Focuses on Family Planning
Voice of America – 10 July 2012
Emphasis this year is o a ess t re r d t ve health …
Study Says Meeting Contraception Needs Could Cut Maternal Deaths by a Third
New York Times – 9 July 2012
The proportion of international population assistance funds that went to family planning fell to just 6
percent in 2008, down from 55 percent in 1995, while spending on H.I.V./AIDS represented 74
percent of the total in 2008, up from just 9 percent in ...
Melinda Gates: Give women the power to determine their future
CNN – 9 July 2012
This week at the London Summit on Family Planning, a partnership of national governments from
developing and developed countries, foundations, the private sector and NGOs is launching a
groundbreaking effort to make sure no woman has to ask herself ...
Giving 222 million women the right to plan their families
Globe and Mail – 9 July 2012
“ he mbers are stagger g,” says Gary Darmstadt, wh heads the family health division at the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is co-hosting an international summit on family planning in
London this week …
London Family Planning Summit Puts Population Control Above Health Care
LifeNews.com – 9 July 2012
The London Family Planning Summit expects governments to provide permanent funding for
contraception programs. Where will the money come from?
Time for Canadian leadership on international family planning
Canada.com – 9 July 2012
Family planning will be the focus of an important summit to be held on July 11, hosted by the U.K.
government.
Empowering women with choice and education
Washington Post – 8 July 2012
Editorial Comic: Family planning conference to be held this week in London.
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Gates Foundation's birth-control initiative could fire up its critics
Sacramento Bee – 8 July 2012
But given the wide support for birth control around the world, even among many Catholics, the
foundation should be able to weather the storm as long it continues to make it clear it does not
support abortion, said Duff Gillespie, a family-planning ...
Melinda Gates responds to contraception program controversy
CNN International – 6 July 2012
Gates is promoting an ambitious family planning program -- which includes raising billions of dollars
to provide contraceptives to 120 million women worldwide …
Working To Increase Access To Reproductive Health Services In ...
Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health News – 3 July 2012
She continues, "So, with our partners, we work hard to give more women equal access to
contraception and sexual and reproductive health services, right here, with our own
countrywomen," and highlights several ways in which they are ...
London Summit On Family Planning Poised To Provide 'Staggering' Results
Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health News – 29 June 2012
The "groundbreaking" London Summit on Family Planning, scheduled for July 11, "aims to provide an
additional 120 million women ... lifesaving contraceptives, information, and services by 2020," Gary
Darmstadt, who heads the Family Health Division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in
the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog. If that goal is reached …
Recognizing The Role Of The Health Care Worker In Providing Family Planning ...
Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health News – 28 June 2012
… Laura Hoemeke, director of communications and knowledge management at IntraHealth
International, writes that it "take[s] a health worker, or more accurately millions of health workers,
to meet the need that hundreds of millions of couples worldwide have for family planning," adding,
"A new report [.pdf] issued by the Guttmacher Institute and UNFPA this week, Adding It Up: Costs
and Benefits of Contraceptive Services -- Estimates for 2012, supports that notion."
Despite New Constitution, Much Work Remains To Bring Reproductive Health Care to All Kenyans
Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health News – 27 June 2012
In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, editor Amie
Newman, a communications officer at the foundation, notes that in 2007, "Kenya enacted a new
constitution which ... declares reproductive health care the right of all citizens," and writes, "Kenya's
climb towards broad contraceptive coverage, and with that the hope for increased empowerment
for women and girls and an improved economic situation for all, seems steep but scalable." She
discusses ongoing efforts in the country, highlights the upcoming London Family Planning Summit,
and concludes, "Despite a new constitution, there's a lot that needs to be done to meet the goal" ...
Can London Summit Broaden Discussion of Family Planning to Include Needs of Young Women?
Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health News – 27 June 2012
The upcoming London summit on family planning, co-sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and the U.K. Department for International Development, "will hopefully be a golden
moment," she writes. The sponsors "want it to be the launch of a global movement for family
planning," Boseley continues ...
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UN aims to put family planning back on 'radar'
CBS News – 27 June
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations Population Fund wants the world to pay more
attention to family planning issues. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin told The Associated Press that "family
planning seems to have fallen off the radar" in the past two decades ...
UN Aims to Put Family Planning Back on 'Radar'
ABC News – 26 June
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations Population Fund wants the world to pay more
attention to family planning issues. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin told The Associated Press that "family
planning seems to have fallen off the radar" in the past two decades ...
UN Aims To Put Family Planning Back On 'Radar'
NPR – 26 June
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations Population Fund wants the world to pay more
attention to family planning issues. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin told The Associated Press that "family
planning seems to have fallen off the radar" in the past ...
UN agency chief sees need to put family planning back on global 'radar'
Washington Post – 26 June
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations Population Fund wants the world to pay more
attention to family planning issues. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin t ld he ss ated ress that “fam ly
la
g seems t have falle ff the radar” the ast tw ...
Family Planning Summit Offers Opportunity to Integrate Reproductive Services With HIV, Other
Health Initiatives
Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health News – 20 June 2012
Noting that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.K. government will co-host an
international family planning summit in London in July, Gavin Yamey of the Global Health Group at
the University of California, San Francisco; Craig Cohen, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and
reproductive services at the University of California; and Elizabeth Bukusi, chief research officer and
deputy director of research and training at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, write in a BMJ
commentary …
BLOGS:
Billions for family planning
The Christian Century (blog) – 24 July 2012
… The pledges made at the summit, however, reach much further. The effort is projected to reach
m re tha half f the w rld’s w me wh la k a ess t
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Who Can Possibly be Against 50 Million Fewer Abortions?
Huffington Post UK (blog) – 23 July 2012
On 11 July the UK Government and Bill and Melinda Gates, with the support of the United Nations
Population Fund and world governments made history at the London Family Planning Summit. The
agreement they reached exceeded all expectations for the ...
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Post-London: Putting words into action on family planning
The Bay Citizen (blog) – 23 July 2012
At the recent London Summit on Family Planning, a high-level gathering hosted by the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation and U.K. Department for International Development, donors pledged to
provide $2.6 billion over the next eight years to help the world's ...
Will the London Family Planning Initiative Measure Up?
RH Reality Check (blog) – 23 July 2012
“ a -d ” atm s here reva led. H sts Mel da Gates and Andrew Mitchell, the UK Minister for
International Development, made significant new pledges of funding for family planning in the
poorest countries. For Gates, this was an additional 560 million USD over 8 years ...
It's Time to Recommit to Family Planning in the United States
RH Reality Check – 19 July 2012
The U.S. Agency for International Development, back from eight years in exile during the Bush era, is
now investing $640 million annually to support voluntary birth control efforts in poor countries. Last
week t j ed m re tha
at s v w g t stre gthe w me ’s health a d r ghts betwee
now and 2020. The Gates Foundation announced it would invest an additional $1.1 billion in global
family planning during the same period ...
Family Planning, Equality For Women Essential For Global Development ...
Kaiser GH Update – 19 July 2012
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Taking Family Planning to the Next Level
TrustLaw (blog) – 19 July 2012
By Sarah Costa, Women's Refugee Commission | Last week marked a real victory for women. At the
London Summit on Family Planning, donors made significant financial commitments to expanding
family planning to ...
Will the London Family Planning Initiative Measure Up?
IWHC: Akimbo blog – 19 July 2012
Given the constant ultra-conservative attacks on this most basic of rights – the right of women to
control their fertility – last week's London Family Planning Summit had in some respects …
Planning for Family Planning - Walking the Talk of the London Summit
Huffington Post UK (blog) – 18 July 2012
It's clear that last week's London Family Planning Summit was a success. The vibe at the Summit was
electric with many global leaders making big promises. A massive well done to Melinda Gates …
The London family planning summit: a loss or an opportunity for the Pacific?
Devpolicy.org – 17 July 2012
The Summit hosts – the UK government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – should be very
happy with this accomplishment. Despite targets being set by a range of high level international
commitments, including the International Conference on Population and Development and …
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Population growth and climate change: no clear link
Hindustan Times (blog) – 17 July 2012
An interesting sidelight to the Family Planning Summit in London last week was that it was held
amidst a double-dip recession. This was symbolic because a recession of course means a slump in
demand and consumption. And that neatly links up to a view ...
When Saving Women's Lives Becomes Controversial
Care2.com (blog) – 16 July 2012
At a major family planning conference in London, England organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation and the British government, contraception for developing countries is being put back on
the agenda. Between 1995 and 2008, international ...
Faith-Based Organizations Critical to Family Planning
Impatient Optimists – 16 July 2012
It was extremely heartening for me to see the full support of a broad mix of religious leaders at the
Summit and particularly their Interfaith Declaration to Improve ...
The key to cutting the maternal death rate by a third
SmartPlanet.com (blog) – 16 July 2012
Using maternal mortality and survey data from the United Nations and the World Health
Organization, the researchers estimated that 342200 women died of maternal causes in 2008. The
researchers, of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns ...
The Morning After: An Initial Assessment of the London Family Planning Summit
RH Reality Check (blog) – 16 July 2012
Melinda Gates anointed herself as the new saviour of women's and children's health, and the press
ate it up in both pictures and words. A truly Hollywood event, except this is not entertainment. This
is women's lives.
CFI Speaks Out On Repercussions of Family Planning Summit ...
Christian Freedom International – 16 July 2012
Christian Freedom International (CFI), a Michigan-based nonprofit organization that assists
persecuted Christians around the world, is voicing concerns about the Melinda Gates Family
Planning Summit that was recently held in London, ...
Yes, Controversy
1Flesh.org – 14 July 2012
Melinda Gates and I both feel strongly about healthcare availability to poor women, and we see
family planning as key to women's healthcare. However, we have a key difference: she has chosen to
provide contraceptives; I have chosen to ...
London Family Planning Summit: Gates, Bloomberg, Others Donate $4.6 Billion ...
Huffington Post – 13 July 2012
Advocates of family planning made fiscal strides at the London Summit on Family Planning …
Family Planning Unleashes the Girl Effect
Huffington Post – 13 July 2012
Investing in family planning for adolescent girls is not only the right thing to do, it's smart economics.
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Planning for the World's Future
Huffington Post (blog) – 13 July 2012
And this past Wednesday, June 11, was World Family Planning Day, designated by the UN to mark its
goal of offering universal access to reproductive health services by 2015. These issues are inherently
connected, of course. They also have a profound ...
The Time to Save Women's Lives Is NOW
Huffington Post – 13 July 2012
What causes "unmet need" in family planning? Women usually face one or more of the following
barriers to obtaining family planning -- affordability, access, acceptability or knowledge. A woman in
a slum in Haiti may find that any form of modern birth ...
Museveni pledges $5m to family planning drive
The Observer (blog) – 13 July 2012
The President spoke at the London Summit on Family Planning, co-hosted by the UK Government's
Department for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The summit
brought together some 150 opinion leaders from donor and ...
Focus on women and rights on World Population Day
The Bay Citizen (blog) – 13 July 2012
We are very excited about the London Summit on Family Planning, sponsored by the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.K. Department for International Development. The world
needs to get behind really investing in voluntary family planning ...
World Serious About Family Planning Issue
Top News – 13 July 2012
The recent meetings across the countries in the world with regard to family planning and
celebrations of the World Population Day have cleared one thing that there is one thing common
among the countries and that is their concern for family ...
Family Planning Saves Lives, But Millions Can't Access It
Logging Carolyn Miles | Save the Children – 13 July 2012
On the way to the Ugandan hospital where I met Namutebi, I saw several clinics advertising family
planning services. The services were free and there for the asking. But despite her deep desire to
control her family size, Namutebi told me she ...
Family Planning Summit Will Save 3 Million Children's Lives by 2020
Huffington Post – 12 July 2012
For most of us, a new baby coming into the family is ample reason for joy and celebration. But
imagine a world where a new pregnancy means having to choose which beloved child to feed,
clothe, or provide medicine to.
Family planning is Key to a Sustainable World
Impatient Optimists – 12 July 2012
If all women had the means to space the births of their children by three years, deaths of children
under-five would decrease by 35 percent – saving nearly a ...
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Access to Contraception Helps Save Lives—and the Planet
TIME (blog) – 12 July 2012
The Lancet study came just before the London Summit on Family Planning, where the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation announced a major donation—$1.1 billion—to provide family planning
for women in the developing world. Contraception access has ...
Gates Foundation Spearheads London Summit on Family Planning
New Security Beat – 12 July 2012
Given the option, [women in developing countries] will have fewer childre ,” sa d Mel da Gates …
DFID Bloggers » A safer motherhood through family planning
By Christy Turlington Burns – 12 July 2012
A safer motherhood through family planning. Posted 12 July 2012. Babies don't get to choose where,
when or how they come into the world. Giving mothers the chance to make those huge decisions
could make all the difference in the world.
Ethiopia: Speech By Ethiopia's Minister of Health At the London Summit On Family Planning
Nazret.com (blog) – 12 July 2012
Washington, DC — Following is the text of the address by Ethiopia's Minister of Health Dr. Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus to delegates at the London Summit on Family Planning: Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great ...
Family planning will cut poverty, say Ethiopia and Rwanda PMs
Nazret.com (blog) – 11 July 2012
Habumuremyi and Meles suggested family planning would not only save lives but would slow the
rapid growth of Africa's swiftly burgeoning populations. Ethiopia and Rwanda are both predicted to
double their populations by 2050. The two leaders said ...
A Gates Summit Aims to Fill Family Planning Gap
New York Times (blog) – 11 July 2012
A look at ways to ensure women have the right and capacity to have the family size they desire …
NEW S UDY: CON RACE ION SAVES WOMEN’S LIVES (& HE GA ES FOUNDA ION AGREES!)
The Blaze – 11 July 2012
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tra e t ve se s a effe t ve r mary reve tion strategy for reducing maternal
mortality in developing countries. Our findings reinforce the need to accelerate access to
contraception in countries with a low prevalence of ...
Melinda Gates Disagrees With Vatican On Contraception At London Family ...
Huffington Post – 11 July 2012
In an effort to increase availability and understanding of contraceptives, the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, in partnership with the government of the United Kingdom, is hosting this week the
London Family Planning Summit. The goal of the ...
Family Planning Summit: Billionaire Do-Gooders with Condoms
National Review Online (blog) – 11 July 2012
Austin Ruse writes on NRO: Today Melinda Gates is convening a Family Planning Summit in London
where she hopes to secure governmental and non-governmental commitments of $6 billion to …
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Re: Re: Family Planning Summit
National Review Online (blog) – 11 July 2012
Austin Ruse writes on NRO: Andrew Stuttaford cites Lant Pritchett to support the contention that
contraception for birth spacing is a good thing for women's health. This certainly is the common
wisdom, but even that may be changing. Yesterday, John ...
London Summit on Family Planning
Global Health Hub| Blog post by Maternal Health Task force – 11 July 2012
The UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with UNFPA, national
governments, donors, civil society, the private sector, the research and development community,
and other colleagues from around the world are meeting today …
Inside the Gates' Summit on Family Planning
Turtle Bay and Beyond – 11 July 2012
Inside the Gates' Summit on Family Planning. Posted on | July 11, 2012 by Wendy Wright |. It was
almost embarrassing to watch. African presidents stepped up to the stage to make promises to
Melinda Gates and donor countries, as European ...
Melinda Gates taking contraception to women worldwide
Amanpour Blogs | CNN – 11 July 2012
She said that in her travels around the world she has seen women suffer because of a lack of family
planning, so she believes that giving women the tools to space their births out and prevent high-risk
pregnancies honors those parts of her ...
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Humanosphere – 11 July 2012
Today, in London, Melinda Gates and a few big guns in the British government did a much-needed
and celebrated thing — getting billions of dollars from the international community to fund family
planning services for some 120 million women ...
The London Family Planning Summit
Democracy in Development | Council on Foreign Relations – 11 July 2012
I'm often asked, what is the single most important intervention to improve the lives of women and
girls in developing countries? I usually answer by urging investment in girls' education. But a close
second—and in some cases I would put ...
Looking for human rights at Family Planning Summit
Livewire | Amnesty International – 11 July 2012
As I listened to leaders from different countries express their commitments towards family planning
and meeting the unmet need of millions of women for contraception, I was desperate to hear them
reaffirm the commitment they made twenty ...
Faith-based organizations to make new commitments at London Family Planning Summit
Washington Post (blog by David Olson) – 10 July 2012
When the British government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation bring together governments,
donors, civil society, the private sector and the research and development community in London on
July 11 for a major summit that hopes to rekindle the neglected embers of family planning, there will
be one constituency there that might surprise some people — people of faith …
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Family planning: population numbers game must add up for women
The Guardian (blog) – 10 July 2012
Sustainable development rather than reproductive rights seems to be driving the renewed attention
to family planning. Increasingly, the need to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gases by
curbing population growth is cited as a reason for the ...
Family Planning in Emergencies: Urgent Need to Focus on Women Made Vulnerable by
Humanitarian Disasters
Huffington Post UK (blog) – 10 July 2012
What are the first things you would grab if you were forced to leave your home tomorrow? Not
many people would answer that question with "contraceptives."
A Summit for the World's Women
Huffington Post – 10 July 2012
The evidence is clear: Family planning improves health, empowers women, and helps reduce
poverty. Contraceptive services are one of the best investments a country can make in its future.
A World Population Day Worthy of Celebration
Huffington Post (blog) – 10 July 2012
For nearly two decades, it has been little more than an opportunity to bemoan declining donor
nation support for family planning and reproductive health plans. This year, thanks to Melinda
Gates, we have something to celebrate on that day. Foundations ...
London Family Planning Summit: A Call to Focus on Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality
Huffington Post – 10 July 2012
Even when highly effective biomedical interventions that are focused on the individual -- like
contraception -- are available, factors beyond individual control often pose obstacles to their use.
Global Need for Family Planning Highlighted Ahead of London Summit
Women's Health Policy Report – 10 July 2012
The study, which was conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of
Public Health with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was released ahead of …
Lack of Contraception Access Increase the Rate of High-Risk Pregnancies
Slate Magazine (blog) – 10 July 2012
New research from Johns Hopkins released this week suggests that one of the most effective ways
we have to lower the maternal mortality rate would be simply to meet the unmet demand for
contraception in developing countries, a move that researchers say ...
The government's Family Planning Summit must aim higher
Left Foot Forward – 10 July 2012
Shadow minister for international development Rushanara Ali MP writes on how women and girls
must be at the centre of development work.
Meeting contraception needs could cut maternal deaths by a third
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) – 10 July 2012
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University shows that fulfilling unmet contraception
demand by women in developing countries could reduce global maternal mortality by …
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Washington Post (blog) – 10 July 2012
Can religious conservatives find common ground with a $4 billion international family planning
effort?
Maternal Mortality Rates Could Tank If We Meet Contraception Needs in ...
Jezebel – 10 July 2012
Supplying women in developing countries with contraception they want and need could reduce
global maternity mortality by nearly a third, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study
published at just the right time — a few weeks before an ...
World Population Day Puts Spotlight On Family Planning
Care2.com (blog) – 10 July 2012
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Faith-based organizations to make new commitments at London Family Planning Summit
Washington Post (blog) – 10 July 2012
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Invest in Family Planning, Escape Poverty
Impatient Optimists – 10 July 2012
The potential for rapid economic growth that is created by lower fertility is known as the
“dem gra h d v de d” …
Pushing For Family Planning To Save Lives
Huffington Post – 9 July 2012
On World Population Day, July 11, 2012, the U.K. Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation will host the ground breaking London Summit on Family Planning …
Finding Common Ground to Save the Lives of Women and Child and Create Happy, Healthy
Families
Huffington Post – 9 July 2012
The key themes of the London Summit on Family Planning July 11, co-sponsored by the U.K.
Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, align well with the policies of the last two
Republican Presidents -- George H.W. and George W. Bush.
Planners Defend Goals Of London Summit On Family Planning
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report – 9 July 2012
In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
"tried to deflect controversy" surrounding the London Summit on Family Planning to take place this
week, stating that "giving women better ...
Planners Defend Goals Of London Summit On Family Planning
Kaiser GH Update | Global Health Hub – 9 July 2012
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Family planning in South Asia: Improving equity of access
World Bank – 9 July 2012
On July 11, World Population Day, while global health leaders meet in London to discuss giving
greater priority to family planning, World Bank health staff in South Asia will be thinking about how
to more effectively support women and families in this region to space births and avoid unwanted
pregnancies ...
Melinda Gates: Where's The Controversy In Saving Lives?
Vixely (blog by Nora Bass) – 8 July 2012
Ahead of the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11, philanthropist and activist Melinda
Gates recently released this video promoting a woman's right to access contraceptives. On Impatient
Optimists, the blog of the Bill & Melinda ...
Reproductive rights: From Rio+20 to Aspen Ideas, London and beyond
The Bay Citizen (blog) – 6 July 2012
Looking past Aspen, in London next week, the Gates Foundation and U.K. government are gathering
together an impressive group of people, including world leaders, the private sector and those who
work on population and reproductive rights. The main goal is to increase global funding …
Where's the Controversy in Saving Lives?
Huffington Post (blog) – 6 July 2012
Providing family planning information and services to millions of women and girls in the poorest
countries in the world gives them the opportunity to determine their own futures …
Family Planning Takes...Planning
Impatient Optimists – 5 July 2012
Poor collaboration in recent years means that there has been inadequate, inconsistent, and
unpredictable funding for family planning programs globally
European Parliament Supports London Family Planning Summit ...
Turtle Bay and Beyond – 3 July 2012
To mark the World Population Day and the Family Planning Summit, a debate will be held on July
10th in Brussels, at the European Parliament …
Expert Panel Discusses Family Planning Issues In Guardian Podcast
Kaiser GH Update – 3 July 2012
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Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development; and Gita Sen, professor at the Centre for
Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management, for a discussion about family planning …
Family planning, small arms in Kenya and Rio+20 reasons to be cheerful
The Guardian (blog) – 3 July 2012
Next week, the UK government is hosting a summit on one of the most controversial issues in
development – family planning. Government representatives from across Africa and parts of Asia are
expected to attend, along with civil society groups, members of the private sector, the Global Fund,
the Gavi Alliance, World Bank, UN agencies and other multilateral organizations …
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At Long Last, Family Planning Is Back
Center for Global Development (blog) – 2 July 2012
After twenty years of neglect, family planning is back at the heart of the global development agenda.
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Melinda Gates on Colbert Report, family planning and 'going to hell’
Humanosphere – 29 June 2012
… Melinda holds her own, repeatedly refuses to take Colbert's bait and makes the case for family
planning. Here's more info about the philanthropy's upcoming events and plans in this arena from
the Gates Foundat 's Im at e t t m sts bl g …
Family Planning: Reaching for the Summit
Huffington Post (blog by Director of Family Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) – 29 June 2012
The global community has the chance to achieve transformational results that will save millions of
lives. h s s t b s ess as s al …
What Intervention Can Save the Lives of Women, Babies and Adolescent Girls?
Care2.com (blog) – 28 June 2012
On top of saving those lives, family planning gives women the ability to time and space their births,
which allows for healthier babies and children. Babies who are born less than two years after a
sibling are twice as likely to die as babies who are ...
Reproductive Health: It Takes a Health Worker — and Saves Money and Lives
RH Reality Check (blog) – 27 June 2012
A new report issued by the Guttmacher Institute and UNFPA this week, Adding It Up: Costs and
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Frontline Health Workers Are Key to Meeting Family Planning Needs Worldwide
Frontline Health Workers.org (blog by Oying Rimon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) – 27 June 2012
In just a few short weeks, the foundation, together with the UK government and other partners, will
host the London Summit on Family Planning. It will be a groundbreaking global convening of
developed and developing country government and civil society leaders, who will pledge to address
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No girl should die giving birth
The Guardian (Sarah B seley’s Gl bal Health blog) – 27 June 2012
Another report on family planning – in what I suspect will become a deluge as the London summit
nears – is published today. This one is by Save the Children and I find it particularly interesting
because it broadens the debate ...
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A Global Scandal: Pregnancy Leading Cause of Death in Teenage Girls
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The 2012 Global Family Planning Summit: Will Issues Be Adequately Addressed?
Huffington Post (blog by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International) – 25 June 2012
Importantly, both the Global Family Planning Summit and research published in The Lancet
potentially obscure the fact that adequate access to contraceptives and health services is a question
of income rather than geography. To be blunt, a wealthy woman in a poor country is likely …
Family Planning: A Key to Prosperity
RH Reality Check (blog by John Bongaarts, Population Council) – 25 June
Family planning programs are highly cost-effective, have demonstrable poverty-reducing effects, and
provide important health and human rights benefits to those who would otherwise have trouble
a h ev g them …
The 2012 Global Family Planning Summit: Will Issues Be Adequately Addressed?
The Reality Check (blog by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International) – 22 June 2012
In mid-July, world leaders will gather in London to discuss a real and urgent need: increased funding
for family planning. Over the past 15 years, the United States—one of the largest foreign aid donors
in the world—has cut its funding level for family planning by at least 25 percent. Meanwhile …
Counting the cost of family planning
he G ard a Sarah B seley’s Gl bal Health – 20 June 2012
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute in the US ahead of the family planning summit next
month in London assesses the scale of the unmet need for contraception. Pretty huge, is the bottom
line ...
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The Guardian (Global Health Blog) – 7 June 2012
It is an ambitious target but one that is desperately needed. The inability of women to control the
number and spacing of their children is one of the main reasons why reducing maternal deaths
remains the millennium development goal we are f rthest fr m a h ev g …
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