The 1994 Cairo population conference broadly agreed that slower population growth resulted from
A)better health care,education,and employment for women.
B)improved agricultural techniques that could dramatically increase food production.
C)the widespread use of immunizations to slow the spread of infectious diseases.
D)drainage of swamps and treatments of waters to decreases cases of malaria.

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The 1994 Cairo population conference highlighted that slower population growth can be achieved by improving healthcare, education, and employment opportunities for women. When women are educated and have access to healthcare and job opportunities, they tend to have fewer children, which leads to slower population growth. This approach is also known as the demographic transition, in which as a country develops economically, the birth rate lowers as fertility rates decline.

The 1994 Cairo Population Conference Broadly Agreed That Slower Population