tailieunhanh - WOMEN’S NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING IN ARAB COUNTRIES

Second, in Pike's Breast Tissue Age model, a one-time rapid increase in breast tissue age and therefore breast can- cer risk is included immediately following the first full- term pregnancy [138]. The extension of Pike's model includes multiple births by incorporating smaller increases in risk at each additional full-term pregnancy [139]. This pattern of increased risk for breast cancer immediately following full-term pregnancies is well-doc- umented [140-142]. E2 concentrations increase steadily during pregnancy, peaking at about 100 times normal cycling levels [3]. In the days around parturition, these concentrations drop precipitously to levels below those of normal cycling females, where they are maintained for at least a month and potentially much longer (depending. | Arab States Regional Office PAN ARAB PROJECT FOR FAMILY HEALTH PRB INFORM EMPOWER ADVANCE JULY 2012 WOMEN S NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING IN ARAB COUNTRIES Four in 10 married women of reproductive age living in Arab countries use modern contraception. of maternal deaths in the Arab region occur in Somalia Sudan and Yemen where contraceptive use is the lowest. Reducing unmet need for family planning helps governments enhance individual rights and achieve their development goals especially MDG5 improving maternal health. Family planning is critical for the health of women and their families and it can accelerate a country s progress toward reducing poverty and achieving development goals. Because of its importance universal access to reproductive health services including family planning is identified as one of the targets of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals MDGs .1 Moreover other international agreements including the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development promote individuals freedom to decide the number and timing of their children as a basic human right and reproductive A growing number of women are using contraception as family planning services have expanded in the Arab Still not all of the need has been satisfied. A significant number of women have unmet need for family planning that is they prefer to avoid a pregnancy for at least two years but are not using a family planning method. These women are at risk of having unintended pregnancies which jeopardize the health of the women and their families and also put a burden on society as a whole. This policy brief examines women s need for family planning in Arab countries drawing from national surveys of married women conducted over the past 10 years by the Pan Arab Project for Family Health PAPFAM and the Demographic and Health Surveys DHS .4 The brief also describes why countries should work to reduce unmet need by addressing both the .

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