Family planning's benefits include improved child health and nutrition : new data from Bangladesh


 

Publication Date: January 1993

Publisher: East-West Center

Author(s): Allison Greenspan

Research Area: Health; Population and demographics

Type: Brief

Coverage: Bangladesh

Abstract:

Two recent studies from a unique experiment in Bangladesh shed light on the connection between birth spacing and child survival and show that family planning's beneficial effects extend beyond fertility reduction to enhanced child survival and health, including improved nutrition.