UNICEF report Generation 2030 Africa calls upon investing in and empowering girls and young women

Reproductive Health

David Anthony¹  Lucia Hug¹  Danzhen You¹ 

[1] Division of Data, Research, and Policy, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 3 United Nations Plaza, New York 10017, NY, USA

关键词: Africa;    Unmet need;    Contraceptive prevalence;    Adolescent fertility;    Women of reproductive age;   

Others  :  1146025
DOI  :  10.1186/s12978-015-0007-x

 received in 2015-02-24, accepted in 2015-02-24,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

UNICEF’s Generation 2030 Africa report released in August 2014, focusing exclusively on Africa, provides an in-depth analysis of child demographic trends. The report highlights the marked increase that Africa population has experienced in the last few decades and the rapid population expansion that is set to continue, with its inhabitants doubling from 1.2 billion to 2.4 billion between 2015 and 2050. A factor driving Africa’s population increase is that the number of women of reproductive age has risen fivefold from 54 million in 1950 to 280 million in 2015 and is set to further increase to 407 million in 2030 and 607 million by 2050. The increasing number of women of reproductive age in Africa will lead to an increasing number of births in Africa even under the assumption of large declines in fertility levels. Adolescent fertility remains high in many African countries and it is estimated that almost one fifth of women in Africa have an unmet need for family planning. The report calls upon investing in and empowering girls and young women and on improving reproductive health of African adolescents.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 You et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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