Topic: United Nations
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Catholic Church's ban on the use of contraception is not to blame for the population boom that is about to tip the world over the seven billion mark because most Catholics ignore it, a UN Population Fund (UNFPA) ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Irish President Mary Robinson was just making polite conversation when she asked an Ethiopian teenager about her wedding day.The 16-year-old had already been married a year."She looked at me with the saddest eyes and said, 'I had to ...
Already straining to host seven billion souls, Earth is set to teem with billions more, and only a revolution in the use of resources can avert an environmental crunch, experts say.As early as 1798, Thomas Malthus gloomily forecast that our ability to ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The world's population is projected to pass 7 billion on October 31 as it heads toward 10 billion or more by the end of the century, a new U.N. report said on Tuesday.The report also predicted that the ...
There are too many of us already, and we must not let our numbers grow even further beyond what Earth's resources can provide. Some see the future of the human race as merely a news story, to roll around in the brain ...
Early in the 21st century modern contraception -- primarily hormonal methods, advanced IUDs, sterilization and condoms -- has become the main instrument of birth regulation in Northern and Western Europe and gaining ground in Southern Europe and the formerly state socialist countries ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 percent and newborn deaths cut by nearly half if investment in family planning and pregnancy care was doubled, the United Nations said Thursday.A U.N.-backed report said investments in family ...
Unchecked population growth is speeding climate change, damaging life-nurturing ecosystems and dooming many countries to poverty, experts concluded in a conference report released Monday.Unless birth rates are lowered sharply through voluntary family-planning programmes and easy access to contraceptives, the tally of humans ...
Contraception would be the cheapest and most effective way to reduce carbon emissions worldwide between 2010 and 2050, according to a study by the London School of Economics.. The report, "Fewer Emitters, Lower Emissions, Less Cost," (PDF) determined that if contraception was ...
FDA approval of new version of female condom raises hopes for wider global useAdvocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other ...
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