A poisoned inheritance to our children
| Autor: | Johannisson E |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Male
education.field_of_study Poverty business.industry Rehabilitation Population Obstetrics and Gynecology Developing country World population Contraception Reproductive Medicine Hormonal contraception Family planning Humans Medicine Population growth Female Population Growth business education Socioeconomics Developing Countries Environmental Health Developed country |
| Zdroj: | Human Reproduction. 8:1346-1348 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2350 0268-1161 1969-1971 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138258 |
| Popis: | The editorial by Henry J. Leese published in the October 1992 issue of Human Reproduction dealt with the problems of world population growth. The United Nations Population Fund publication on the state of world population 1990 declared that, at the start of the 1990s, decisive action is needed to top population growth, attack poverty, and protect the environment. The world's population was 5.3 billion in 1993. According to projections, southern Asia will account for 31% of the total increase of the world's population and Africa for 23% during the next 10 years. Developed countries like Europe, the former Soviet Union, North America, and Japan will account for only 6% of the increase. In 1969-1971, the total number of malnourished was 460 million, and it is projected to increase to 532 million by the end of this century. The total number of illiterates is projected to rise from 742 million in 1985 to 889 million by year 2000. During the last decade, the income per person has risen significantly in east Asia, where population has grown most slowly. In Africa, where the population has increased very fast, the income per capita has grown least. The World Fertility Survey in 1990 showed that less than 25% of women in 23 out of 38 countries had larger families than they would have desired. A survey in 1987 revealed that, in developing countries, 45.3% of contraception was sterilization, 23.1% was the IUD, and only 15.5% used hormonal contraception. In developed countries, sterilization accounted for 14.2% of contraception, IUDs for only 7.8%, and hormonal contraceptives for 18.4%. In East Asia, 93% of people have an acceptable access to a variety of contraceptive methods, 57% in South East Asia and Latin America, whereas in sub-Saharan Africa, only 9%. Worldwide, less than 30% of the contraceptive users rely on methods for male contraception, e.g., withdrawal, condoms, vasectomy or abstinence. The WHO Special Program of Research on Human Reproduction and the Population Council are researching for a male contraceptive vaccine. |
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