02 August 2016 02 Aug 2016

Leading Safe Choices: Family planning in South Africa and Tanzania

Across the world, 222 million women would like to delay or prevent a pregnancy, but have no access to contraception This unmet need for family planning contributes to a third of maternal deaths and leads to 47 000 deaths from unsafe abortion every year These deaths are preventable if women have access to the means to control their fertility, and to safe services should they choose an abortion So what can be done, and what are the barriers to addressing this issue?