Outlook in 2020

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  • Advances in contraception further the sustainable-development goal of family planning.

    • Herb Brody
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  • Misoprostol can prevent and treat postpartum haemorrhage. But because it can also cause abortions, availability of the cheap medication is often tightly restricted.

    • Alla Katsnelson
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  • Access to affordable birth control can improve the social and economic status of women and their communities, especially in low-income countries.

    • Emily Sohn
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  • Sperm communication, surprises in abortion statistics and other highlights from clinical trials and laboratory studies.

    • Claire Ainsworth
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  • Access to fertility treatments is limited by the cost in both high- and low-income countries. But new technologies and attitudes aim to fix that.

    • Sarah DeWeerdt
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  • Shareen Joshi explains that faith-based organizations around the world are working with governments and secular institutions to promote birth control.

    • Shareen Joshi
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  • The development of male contraceptives has slowed in the past decade, but some preliminary studies are showing promise.

    • Michael Eisenstein
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  • Martha Bailey says providing free access to birth control for everyone would go a long way towards the creation of a fairer and more equitable society.

    • Martha Bailey
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  • Innovative forms of contraception could offer more choice for controlling fertility.

    • Elizabeth Svoboda
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  • The world’s population is estimated to reach 10 billion by 2050. Providing everyone with a nutritious diet and protecting the planet requires a global response.

    • Catherine Armitage
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  • Laboratory-grown meat has been stuck in the experimental stage. For it to become a commercially viable industry, tissue needs to be grown efficiently at scale.

    • Elie Dolgin
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  • Researchers are working out how to achieve a widespread change in eating behaviour.

    • Benjamin Plackett
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  • A way to estimate household food waste, the unintended consequences of environmental interventions and other highlights from research.

    • Dyani Lewis
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  • Jessica Fanzo says that food systems must evolve and governments must work together if people are to be kept nourished during a global pandemic.

    • Jessica Fanzo
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  • A condition whose impact goes far beyond adverse reactions.

    • David Payne
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