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| InfoShare Partner: Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) |
| Publication Date: April 2006 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Adolescents/youth, Behavior change interventions, Child health/survival, Family planning, Financing/management, Gender, HIV/AIDS, general, HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS care/treatment, Immunization, Infectious diseases, other, Maternal health/survival, Nutrition, Policy/Law, Reproductive health, general, Service delivery, Sexual health/STIs |
| Region: Middle East/North Africa |
| Language: English |
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| Number of Pages: 3 |
| File Size: 674 KB |
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Intro Paragraph:
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are
going through demographic and epidemiological transitions
characterized by a reduction in fertility and mortality, a declining
incidence of communicable diseases, and an increase
in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. A girl
born in Egypt today is expected to live for 72 years—nearly
20 years longer than a generation ago due in large part to
improvements in child survival. This girl is expected to give
birth to 3.1 children in her lifetime—three fewer children
than she would have expected to bear had she been born in
the early 1970s. This refl ects a much greater use of family
planning services.
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