(Source: IRC - International Rescue Committee) 30 Nov 2015- NEW YORK, N.Y. -In the International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls on the aid community to address the chronic neglect of family planning in humanitarian settings. It confronts dangerous assumptions that are limiting access to this life-saving intervention and calls for immediate changes that respond to reality: family planning is possible and desired in all religious, cultural and humanitarian contexts, and women and girls in these areas want access to long-acting methods. Countries affected by crises continue to be responsible for 60% of preventable maternal deaths. Though family planning is one of the most proven and...
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