title: Birth spacing. Three to five saves lives.
abstract: Couples who space their births 3 to 5 years apart increase their children's chances of survival, and mothers are more likely to survive, too, according to new research. Many women want to space births longer than they currently do. Programs can do more to help them achieve the birth intervals they want.
mesh_terms: D001721:Birth Intervals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003267:Contraception; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016019:Survival Analysis