More than half (56 percent) of Nepal’s adult women are below 30 years old. But health research shows that only 12 percent of young married couples use contraception to delay the first birth, fewer ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. U.S. support for international family planning has long been a controversial issue in domestic politics. Conservatives tend ...

MANILA, Philippines — In April 2021, the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) recorded that more than 8 million Filipinos used family planning methods during the pandemic, a 6% increase ...

India’s family planning program focuses on birth limitation rather than planning, is skewed toward female sterilization, and excludes youth from the conversation. A cyclist rides under a family ...

Bangladesh faced enormous challenges in 1971, grappling with poverty, limited resources, poor healthcare access, food insecurity, and a rapidly growing population. At the time, one in five children ...