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December 12, 2005

Recent Family Planning Success in Africa

What African country has shown excellent recent progress in family planning, with modern method contraceptive prevalence increasing from 6 percent in 2000 to 14% in 2005?

Ethiopia

References:
Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2005, Preliminary Report, Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency and ORC Macro, Calverton 2005.

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