Reproductive health problems remain the leading cause of ill health and death for women of childbearing age worldwide.

Reports say some two hundred and twenty two million women who would like to avoid or delay pregnancy lack access to effective family planning and nearly eight hundred women die every day in the process of giving birth.

As the world marks World Population Day today, the focus is on Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services.

Multiple crises, food, fuel and financial difficulties have caused significant suffering and served as a wake-up call about the need to pay far more attention to the building blocks of sustainable development.

This was contained in a message by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.

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