1. Africa’s Future:Improving the Health of Mothers and ChildrenJune 5, 2009Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

2. Population Growth and Policy OptionsIn Sub-Saharan Africa

3. Outline

4. Population Trends

5. Population Growth

6. Adverse effects of rapid population growth

7. The demographic impact of the AIDS epidemic

8. HIV Invection Level

9. Population size

10. The benefits of family planning programs

11. 123 million women in the developing world have an unmet need for contraception

12. Fertility Levels

13. Pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, 2003

14. Reducing unintended pregnancies and population growth contributes to:

15. Development Gains

16. Conclusions

17. Uganda’s Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and ChildrenJotham Musinguzi, MD, MPHRegional Director Partners in Population and DevelopmentAfrica Regional OfficeJune 5, 2009Washington, DC

18. Map of Maternal Mortality, Worldwide

19. Lost: Life, Rights, and Productivity

20. Ugandan Population: Large and Growing Rapidly

21. Uganda: Why do pregnant women die?

22. Effective, Low-Cost Strategies Exist to Improve the Health of Mothers and Children

23. Family Planning Reduces Maternal Death Up to 40%

24. A $1 Million Family Planning Investment Prevents:

25. Uganda’s Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children

26. What is the message?

27. Maternal & Newborn Mortality

28. Facts

29. Most maternal death are due to:

30. Socio-cultural causes of maternal deaths:

31. 1 in 3 deaths could be avoided if women who wanted effective contraception had access to it.

32. The gap for reaching international maternal and child health goals in Senegal

33. Lack of human and infrastructure resource impacts maternal health

34. 8 of 10 maternal and newborn deaths are preventable

35. The Realities:

36. No woman should die giving life