Our World in Data: Population Growth

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This case describes Bangladesh’s family planning program which through continued strong leadership, has sustained a successful outreach strategy and access to services. Over two decades contraceptive prevalence has gone from 3 to 54 percent while fertility has declined from 7 to 3.4 children per woman. This outcome is a surprising outcome if predictions had been made based on economic and social conditions alone. This case study is part of Millions Saved, a collection of case…

This resource pack includes examples of global health actors—institutions, organizations, and alliances—that operate within our increasingly complex global health system.  Sometimes these actors are categorized as (1) those whose primary intent is to improve health, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), or (2) those that influence health, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), or are relevant to health, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In this resource pack, however, we classify…