Tewodros Melesse
Director-General, International Planned Parenthood Federation
Tewodros Melesse became the Director-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in September 2011, after nearly 20 years working on reproductive health programmes in Africa.
What does the seven billion mean for Africa?
Posted 24 October 2011
Later this year a baby will be born - probably on 31 October - and the birth will mark the moment when the world's population reaches seven billion. The birthday may be emblematic, but the demographic marker it symbolises is startlingly real - there are now twice as many people alive on earth as there were [...]
