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Global Contraception

Costs and Benefits

Focusing on developing countries—and the poorest countries, in particular—the Guttmacher Institute calculates the global, regional and country-level health costs associated with unmet need for contraception and the public health and economic benefits of meeting women’s contraceptive needs. 

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  • Policy Analysis

    Just $10 Per Person a Year Could Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to All—Will the United States Help Make That Happen?

  • Policy Analysis

    Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2020

  • Fact Sheet

    Investing in Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $3.00

    reduction in cost of maternal, newborn and abortion care for every $1 spent on contraceptive services beyond the current level
  • $10.60

    the annual per-person cost in LMICs to meet the need for essential sexual and reproductive health services
  • $1.7B

    estimated total cost of postabortion care in LMICs

Resources

  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique de l’Ouest

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Middle Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Northern Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Southern Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique de l’Est

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique centrale

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Western Africa

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique du Nord

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive en Afrique australe

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If we continue to underinvest in sexual and reproductive health, we will be missing out on a tremendous opportunity to save lives and improve the health and well-being of families.

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