title: Effort and achievement in national family planning programmes.
abstract: New data show that national family planning programmes have made impressive progress in the last 25 years. Fertility rates have been reduced dramatically, but during the current decade even greater achievements will be called for.
authors.affiliation: Population Council, New York.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Mauldin
mesh_terms: D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D005544:Forecasting; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation