Investing in Family Planning: Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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Investing in Family Planning: Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Abstract
Voluntary family planning brings transformational benefits to women, families, communities, and countries. Investing in family planning is a development “best buy” that can accelerate achievement across the 5 Sustainable Development Goal themes of People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership.
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