Addressing Reproductive Health to Impact MDG Attainment
August 17, 2010
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Africa is said to be the fastest growing region in the world, with a population of about 840 million and a growing rate of 2.4% per year, and is facing many global health and development challenges, especially its young population.
Experts say half of the population in the region are younger than eighteen years, thus the future of sub-Sahara Africa depends largely on the investments made in the education, health and employment opportunities of its youth, and how successfully these youth transition to a healthy and productive adulthood. This makes the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), many of which relate to the youth, critical to meet the many needs of the youth across the African continent.
In Ghana, there have been many interventions in the health sector through national health policies, aimed at improving the health status of all Ghanaians, especially that of children, women and the youth. This feature seeks to look at Ghana's effort at improving sexual reproductive health of Ghanaians through family planning (FP).
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