We modeled the potential impact of novel male contraceptive methods on averting unintended pregnancies in the United States, South Africa, and Nigeria.
They contribute to sustainable development by averting unintended negative impacts and optimising benefits to all ecosystem service beneficiaries, increasing net economic value.
But the panel's report says that "contraception is highly cost-effective," averting unintended pregnancies that would be far more expensive than contraception.
Dr. Hal C. Lawrence III, vice president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said contraceptives fit any reasonable definition of preventive health care because they averted unintended pregnancies and allowed women to control the timing, number and spacing of births.
The services provided via social franchising are estimated to avert 4,958,000 unintended pregnancies and 7,150 maternal deaths.
Moreover, understanding and averting the unintended consequences of HIT is essential to realizing the benefits and improving quality of care delivery and patient outcomes [ 34, 35].
Contraceptive care at publicly supported centers like Planned Parenthood helped women avert 2.2 million unintended pregnancies every year, which would have resulted in 1.1 million unplanned births, 761,000 abortions and 164,000 preterm or low-birth-weight births.
These services and supplies help to avert 9.4 million unintended pregnancies, 4 million abortions, the majority of which are unsafe, and prevent the deaths of 22,000 women each year.
Moreover, avoiding barriers to the use of contraceptives and enhancing the demand for family planning could avert 54 million unintended pregnancies, more than 79,000 maternal deaths and one million infant deaths each year [ 1].
