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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The World Bank and family planning.

AUTHORS

Thurshen M

SOURCE

WIPHN NEWS. 1994 Winter;17:1.

ABSTRACT

The World Bank has assumed first place in world health assistance and states that one reason for lending in health

is that its presence in the health sector enables it to pressure governments to control population growth. The Bank

believes that rapid population growth slows development, and to achieve its goal of lower birth rates in low-income

countries, it recommends that governments provide an essential "clinical" package, which consists of perinatal and

delivery care, family planning services, management of the sick child, treatment of tuberculosis, and case

management of sexually transmitted diseases. "Clinical" in this context means services provided in a health clinic

by nurses and midwives, not physicians. Sick children are the main beneficiaries of the package because it is

assumed that families will limit the number of births only after child mortality falls. The treatment of tuberculosis is

included to save the lives of children. The Bank has predicted that the AIDS epidemic will not result in negative

population growth in Africa and has emphasized family planning services in the essential package. The World Bank

seems to have made family planning the new, reductionist version of primary health care. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT2T 4515-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The World Bank and family planning.", is(are) Thurshen M.

The source of this article is "WIPHN NEWS. 1994 Winter;17:1.". This article was published in 1994 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4515-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9515

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