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. 2016 Jun 27;4(2):191-210.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00374. Print 2016 Jun 20.

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

Ellen Starbird et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

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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The 5 Sustainable Development Goal Themes of People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership
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A provider counsels a young woman on birth spacing at a primary health care center in Kagoro, Nigeria.
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With the help of an NGO in Alirajpur district, India, a father started a basket-weaving business, allowing him to send his girl child to school.

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