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Article: FAMILY PLANNING EFFORTS FALL SHORT IN THIRD WORLD.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 14, 1987
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Byline: Don Irwin Los Angeles Times
Despite two decades of efforts to bring family planning to the Third World, there are serious shortages in services available in 82 developing nations, according to a 110- nation study made public Sunday by the Population Crisis Committee.
Declines in family size correspond closely with the quality of available services, the committee said in a summary of its study, which will be published in full next month under the title "Access to Birth Control: A World Assessment."
The survey found conditions ranging from "poor" to "very poor" in 36 African nations - every state on the continent except little Mauritius. ...