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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
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  • Abortion
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  • Teens

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Latin America & the Caribbean

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Latin America and the Caribbean has focused on documenting the incidence and consequences of abortion and unintended pregnancy, and exploring the informal acquisition of misoprostol. The Institute also has estimated age-specific abortion rates and costs of providing postabortion care; documented adolescents’ knowledge and use of sexual and reproductive health information and services; and assessed the provision of sex education and advocated that it be fact-based, comprehensive and youth-friendly.

In addition, the Institute provides estimates (regional, subregional and country-specific) of the needs among women in low- and middle-income Latin American and Caribbean countries for modern contraception, maternal and newborn care, and abortion-related services. This work also estimates the costs and impacts of meeting these needs, providing policymakers across the region with evidence that investment in improving and increasing the provision of sexual and reproductive health services saves lives, improves women’s health and well-being, and has broad societal benefits. You can use the location menu on this page to explore country-specific information.

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  • News Release

    Guttmacher Institute Releases Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles for More Than 130 Countries

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Infographic

    Costs and benefits of meeting the contraceptive needs of adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 760,000

    women are hospitalized annually for treatment of complications of unsafe abortion
  • 3 in 4

    surveyed teachers in Peru say they lack teaching materials on sexuality education
  • $4

    reduction in cost of pregnancy-related care in the region for every $1 spent on contraception above the current level

Resources

  • June 2017 Infographic

    Benefits of investing in both contraception and maternal and newborn care, 2017

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2017 Infographic

    Benefits of investing in sexual and reproductive health

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2017 News Release

    Greater Investments Needed to Meet Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Developing Regions

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    A critical moment to increase investments in meeting women’s family planning needs

    Ann M. Starrs,BMJ Opinion

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2017 Policy Analysis

    When Antiabortion Ideology Turns into Foreign Policy: How the Global Gag Rule Erodes Health, Ethics and Democracy

    Sneha Barot,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • June 2017 Report

    From Paper to Practice: Sexuality Education Policies and Curricula and Their Implementation in Guatemala

    Ana Silvia Monzón, Sarah Keogh, Ana Lucía Ramazzini, Elena Prada, Melissa Stillman and Ellie Leong

    Global

    • Teens
  • June 2017 Infographic

    Comprehensiveness of sexuality education, Guatemala

    Global

    • Teens
  • June 2017 Infographic

    Resources for teachers on sexuality education, Guatemala

    Global

    • Teens
  • June 2017 Infographic

    The importance of teaching about consent, Guatemala

    Global

    • Teens
  • June 2017 Infographic

    Messages conveyed by teachers about sexuality, Guatemala

    Global

    • Teens

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Twenty-four million women in Latin America and the Caribbean have an unmet need for modern contraception. Providing women with the family planning care they need would prevent more than nine million unintended pregnancies every year.

Susheela Singh

Distinguished Scholar and Vice President for Global Science and Policy Integration

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