Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1174
Release: 1982
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Levels and Trends of Contraceptive Use as Assessed in 1998

Levels and Trends of Contraceptive Use as Assessed in 1998
Author: United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division
Publisher: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
Total Pages: 994
Release: 2000
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9789211513486

This report covers 142 countries, representing 92 per cent of the world population. It examines the prevalence of contraceptive use at national, regional and global levels. Trends in contraceptive use from the 1970s are analysed for 86 countries. Specific methods of contraception are also examined: female sterilization accounts for a third, IUD for 22 per cent, and the oral pill 14 per cent. The report also includes estimates of the growth in contraceptive practice required if fertility is to decline in line with the UN population projections in "World population prospects: the 1998 revision" (1999, ISBN 9211513332)

Review and Appraisal of the Asia-Pacific Call for Action on Population and Development

Review and Appraisal of the Asia-Pacific Call for Action on Population and Development
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1988
Genre: Asia
ISBN:

The Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Integration of Population and Development Policies was held at Bangkok, August 29-September 2, 1988, organized by the Population Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). This conference follows the Asia-Pacific Call for Action initiated in 1982. The object of the meeting was to develop methods for review, appraisal and analysis of the interim progress, and to issue guidelines for further implementation of the recommendations. The meeting report is structured into sections on review and appraisal of achievements of the objectives, strategies to strengthen integration of population and each objective, review of current related policies in the member countries, and further recommendations. Each section follows the order of the 5 objectives or strategies: 1) institutional framework; 2) policy formulation and implementation; 3) population data and research; 4) training and manpower development; and 5) monitoring and evaluation. 10 abstracts of papers presented are appended. Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore are close to reaching their population goals of replacement fertility by 2000, but only 3 countries have met health goals of infant mortality