The relationship between society and nature is an old one. It might be better to say that this relationship is ancient.

Population growth and development relationships have been focus of debate in various contexts but more often than not receiving an arbitrary deal.

In 1991, an article on the Maternity Care Program in Matlab, Bangladesh, reported a substantial decline in direct obstetric deaths in the intervention area, but not in the control area. The decline was attributed primarily to the posting of midwives at the village level.