Improving Access to and Quality of
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services
Improving access to family planning is critical to improving lives of young people around the world. Each year, girls under 18 give birth to more than seven million children. Two million of these births occur to girls under 15. Unplanned pregnancies result in 3.2 million unsafe abortions among adolescents each year.
Abt incorporates internationally proven best practices and applies evidence-based, data-driven tools to support the delivery of quality FP/RH services, focusing primarily on poor and underserved populations. Abt also facilitates conversation and collaborations between the public and private health sectors. Learn more about Abt’s efforts to improve the quality of and access to Family Planning and Reproductive Health services for people around the world. And join Abt Associates in investing in the future by supporting family planning as a means for improving women and children’s health, benefiting economic development and decreasing the burden on over-burdened natural resources.