In IPPF's 7 Billion Press Release, Director-General Tewodros Melesse said:  “As 1.8 billion young people around the world approach sexual maturity the world is stumbling towards a contraceptive crisis: currently 16 million adolescent girls become mothers every year and almost 40 per cent of the 6,800 new HIV infections each day are among young people.

“Worldwide, 215 million women have an unmet need for family planning – a number that is sure to rise unless unprecedented action is taken.  Yet, it would cost only $2bn to give them access to the family planning they lack.”

In the lead-up to the 7 billionth birth, IPPF has been asked to take part in UNFPA’s 7 billion actions' campaign. IPPF European Network took part in a lunch debate on at the External Relations Info Point on “Young People in a World of 7 Billions – Forging the Future: The value of European Investments in Young People”.

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IPPF 7 Billion Press Release is available via: http://www.ippf.org/en/News/Press-releases/The%20Day%20of%207%20Billion.htm