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Adding It Up

The goal of this report is to guide decision makers, at the global, regional and country levels, in making investments that would reap the greatest returns for individuals and societies. The report presents new analysis on the costs and benefits of investing in two key components of sexual and reproductive health care: family planning and maternal and newborn health services.

The key findings of the report are that maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 per cent and newborn deaths cut nearly in half if the world doubled investment in family planning and pregnancy-related care. And investments in family planning boost the overall effectiveness of every dollar spent on the provision of pregnancy-related and newborn health care. Simultaneously investing in both family planning and maternal and newborn services can achieve the same dramatic outcomes for $1.5 billion less than investing in maternal and newborn health services alone.

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Summaries of findings by region:

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Arab States
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• South Central and South East Asia

Previous Edition:

• 2004