Who Update
January, 1993
The World Health Organization tracks the status of global reproductive health as part of its mandate. In its 1990-1991 biennial report, it found the following:More than 100 million acts of sexual intercourse take place daily, resulting in about 910,000 conceptions and about 350,000 cases of sexually transmitted disease.Of the 150,000 abortions induced daily, one third are performed under unsafe, adverse conditions, resulting in approximately 500 deaths.A fertility rate decrease from 6.5 to 3.5 (...
