How can a lack in family planning link to an increase in maternal and infant mortality?
Maternal and infant mortality is very high around the world even with all the new modern contraceptives available. In an emergency, the threat of maternal mortality can increase for many reasons, including too-early pregnancy as a result of rape and limited access to health facilities and skilled providers. In any setting, 15 per cent of women will experience life-threatening complications during delivery and 5-7 of this 15 per cent will need a Caesarean section. If women and girls do not have access to health facilities and providers, then the probability of death is very high if they have complications. How is UNFPA working to make family planning rights and services available to all populations in the future? There is an overwhelming unmet need for family planning options among poor and marginalized populations. In some of these communities, maternal deaths are actually on the rise. Working closely with its government counterparts, UNFPA promotes family planning as a way to reduce m
