A new report looks at the myriad benefits of increasing contraception access and prenatal care around the world.
For about the cost of ticket to the movies and small popcorn, says Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), millions of women across the globe could gain access to vital reproductive health services.
The benefit of doing so, he says, can have a lasting impact not just on women and families, but the global economy.
“When you do that, protect the health of the woman or the girl,” says Osotimehin,”she becomes more productive in her community and the world.