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Documenting the efforts of innovators and visionaries working on ways to promote sustainable growth and development.

Cecilia Vaisman, Nancy Postero

Brazil’s Birth Control Crusader

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Cecilia Vaisman, Nancy Postero

Brazil’s Birth Control Crusader

In northwestern Brazil, a controversial doctor is on a mission to lower birth rates.

In Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, Dr. Elsimar Coutinho is on a mission to discover the perfect birth control method and bring down Brazil’s high birth rate. For over 30 years, he’s waged a one-man crusade to bring birth control to Bahia, in direct confrontation with the powerful Catholic Church.

With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, the UN-funded Population Council, and the World Health Organization, Dr. Coutinho is internationally known for his pioneering research in hormonal birth control technologies. In Bahia, government officials and many health care experts credit Dr. Coutinho for single-handedly lowering the state’s birth rate.

Coutinho is beloved by hundreds of thousands of poor Brazilians who flock to him for advice about birth control. But he is vehemently criticized by women’s health advocates who say he is a sexist and a megalomaniac, more concerned with being an international star than with the well-being of his patients. Critics, including doctors and other health care professionals, say Dr. Coutinho is taking advantage of lax government regulations and using patients as guinea pigs for his research.

Date

March 1995

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Weekend Edition

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Themes: Health, Culture

Regions: South America

Media: Audio

Other Contributors: Cecilia Vaisman

Other Tags: Brazil, population, birth control, birth rate

Cecilia Vaisman, Nancy Postero

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Brazil Sterilization

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Cecilia Vaisman, Nancy Postero

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Brazil Sterilization

With few contraceptive options, Brazilian women seeking to control the size of their families often turn to sterilization and illegal abortions.

Date

September 1994

Outlets

Weekend Edition

Tags

Themes: Health

Regions: South America

Media: Audio

Other Contributors: Cecilia Vaisman

Other Tags: contraception, family planning, birth control, sterilization, abortion, contraceptive, Brazil

Cecilia Vaisman, Nancy Postero

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Women’s Empowerment in India

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Cecilia Vaisman, Nancy Postero

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Women’s Empowerment in India

The cultural, religious, and social realities that stand in the way of lowering fertility rates in India are apparent in the tiny farming villages where one women’s group is trying to bring about change.