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Poor planning fuels Bangladesh contraceptive crisis

Bangladesh’s once-praised family planning system is buckling under severe contraceptive shortages, raising fears of a rise in unplanned pregnancies in one of the world’s most densely populated countries. For decades, the South Asian nation was hailed as a success for slashing birth rates through an expansive state-backed family planning programme that sent field workers door to door with pills, condoms and advice on birth spacing. But that system is now faltering, with government clinics acro...

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Savar, Dhaka, Dhaka
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Poor planning fuels Bangladesh contraceptive crisis Bangladesh’s once-praised family planning system is buckling under severe contraceptive shortages, raising fears of a rise in unplanned pregnancies in one of the world’s most densely populated countries. For decades, the South Asian nation was hailed as a success for slashing birth rates through an expansive state-backed family planning programme that sent field workers door to door with pills, condoms and advice on birth spacing. But that system is now faltering, with government clinics across Source: Prothom Alo English https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/bangladesh-in-world-media/r4kaebhcwj

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