The Guardian: Progress review: contraception use among adolescent girls
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, adolescent health and development coordinator at the WHO, and Karlien Braet, WHO intern

“Empowering adolescent girls to access and use contraception is a global public health priority. High unmet need for contraception translates into high numbers of unintended pregnancies, and into high maternal mortality in countries with poor maternal health care systems. That is why reducing the unmet need for contraception is a key target in Millennium Development Goal five. … At the Family Planning 2020 partnership (FP2020), there is a real opportunity to translate this readiness into action…” (2/17).