The one dollar contraceptive set to make family planning easier (BBC)

By Jane Dreaper
Health correspondent, BBC News

An agreement has been signed which will make contraceptive injections available to women in 69 of the world's poorest countries.

It is an injection - but not as you know it.

The special device, with a smaller needle and no traditional syringe, will be sold at just $1 a unit.

An agreement - signed in the past few days - will make the new way of giving contraceptive injections available to women in 69 of the world's poorest countries.
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Six benefits of family planning

1. Preventing pregnancy-related health risks in women

Evidence suggests women who have more than four children have increased maternal mortality risk; avoiding unwanted pregnancies, also reduces the need for unsafe abortions.
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