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Fertility Decline in Botswana 1980-2006 : A Case Study.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Author/Creator:
- World Bank.
- Series:
- Other Health Study
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion.
- Adolescent Health.
- Adolescents.
- Breastfeeding.
- Cervical Cancer.
- Child Development.
- Child Health.
- Demographics.
- Dependency Ratio.
- Drugs.
- Epidemiology.
- Family Health.
- Family Planning.
- Gender.
- Good Governance.
- Health Education.
- Health Monitoring & Evaluation.
- Health Systems Development & Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Hospitals.
- Household Surveys.
- Infant Mortality.
- Intrauterine Devices.
- Life Expectancy.
- Maternal Mortality.
- Mental Health.
- Migration.
- Mortality.
- Nutrition.
- Oral Contraceptives.
- Pharmacies.
- Physicians.
- Population Growth.
- Posters.
- Postnatal Care.
- Pregnancy.
- Public Health.
- Public Hospitals.
- Reproductive Health.
- Secondary Education.
- Sterilization.
- Tuberculosis.
- Unions.
- Urban Areas.
- Urban Population.
- Urbanization.
- World Health Organization.
- Local Subjects:
- Abortion.
- Adolescent Health.
- Adolescents.
- Breastfeeding.
- Cervical Cancer.
- Child Development.
- Child Health.
- Demographics.
- Dependency Ratio.
- Drugs.
- Epidemiology.
- Family Health.
- Family Planning.
- Gender.
- Good Governance.
- Health Education.
- Health Monitoring & Evaluation.
- Health Systems Development & Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Hospitals.
- Household Surveys.
- Infant Mortality.
- Intrauterine Devices.
- Life Expectancy.
- Maternal Mortality.
- Mental Health.
- Migration.
- Mortality.
- Nutrition.
- Oral Contraceptives.
- Pharmacies.
- Physicians.
- Population Growth.
- Posters.
- Postnatal Care.
- Pregnancy.
- Public Health.
- Public Hospitals.
- Reproductive Health.
- Secondary Education.
- Sterilization.
- Tuberculosis.
- Unions.
- Urban Areas.
- Urban Population.
- Urbanization.
- World Health Organization.
- Other Title:
- Fertility Decline in Botswana 1980-2006
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2010.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Botswana has had a stable democratic government and good governance since independence in 1966. With a sustained high average economic growth (about 9 percent) fueled by the diamond mining industry, it is the only country in Africa listed among the 13 'economic miracles' of the world for 1960-2005. The total fertility rate remains high in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 25 countries showing a rate greater than 5.0. In contrast, Botswana experienced the greatest fertility decline in the region during 1980-2006, with the total fertility rate decreasing from 7.1 in 1981 to 3.2 in 2006. The Botswana national family planning program, judged the strongest in Africa, contributed to this decline. The government strongly committed to meeting family planning needs, integrated maternal and child health/family planning (MCH/FP) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) services in 1973. The government spends about 18 percent of its total budget on health, a higher proportion than the Abuja declaration's target of 15 percent.
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