Sentence examples for population programmes from inspiring English sources

China's one-child policy notwithstanding, humane, successful population programmes in countries as varied as Thailand, Iran, and Mexico contradict that assertion.

Given that USAid provides 40% of the global aid budget for population programmes, this policy has had a hugely negative effect on the worldwide provision of family planning services - particularly heinous given that 68,000 women die as a result of unsafe terminations each year.

In another striking shift, the Republicans have agreed to increase funding for international population programmes and remove the restrictions that none of this money may go to organisations that advocate abortion (though the money will be available only when Mr Clinton leaves office).Despite these bright spots, the overall budget picture is depressing.

This year there is a $24 billion shortfall in funding for population programmes in developing countries--funding for sexuality education; services for maternal health, HIV prevention and family planning and population data and research.

Gender and Development: why do we still have problems in population programmes after all these years?

USAID has financed population programmes, including family planning, for three decades, while its emphasis on health issues is more recent.

Ruth Levine is director of the global development and population programme at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and co-chair of the Data2X technical advisory group.

In the 1970s, such concerns were central in, for example, the argumentation for population programme implementation [ 30, 31].

First, maintenance programmes build upon extensive interventions, which usually already have a defined target population, programme implementers, and project structures such as a project group.

In each general population programme, the prevalence of hypertension was higher in participants who were male, older than 60 years, or had a history of DM or CVD (table 3).

Barton et al. [ 9] have used modelling techniques to demonstrate that a population programme that reduces cardiovascular events by just 1% could result in significant savings for the NHS.