Tomorrow, on World Population Day, world leaders will meet in London to discuss expanding access to family planning for millions of women around the world. Many people have been asking me why the London Summit on Family Planning is important. This brings me to think back to when my wife and I first thought about [...]
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World Population Day: Why seven billion matters
By Scott Radloff, Director of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health This October 31st the UN has projected that the world population will reach 7 billion. In my lifetime, the world population has passed the 3, 4, 5, and 6 billion milestones. During that time the world has become much more interconnected and great [...]
World Population Day 2010
Why Population Data Matters: Ensuring Families Around the World Have Access to Family Planning While you are out celebrating the close of the World Cup this Sunday, don’t forget to take a minute to remember that Sunday, 11 July, is World Population Day. World Population Day is annually observed on July 11 to reaffirm the human [...]
