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Assessing the Need and Capacity for Integration of Family Planning and HIV Counseling and Testing in Tanzania
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/25/2012)
Introducton: In Tanzania, only 27% of currently married women are using modern Family Planning (FP) methods. HIV counseling and testing
outlets are potential avenues for addressing the unmet FP needs through integration ...
Barriers to Sexual Reproductive Health Services and Rights Among Young People in Mtwara district, Tanzania: a Qualitative Study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)
Background: In Tanzania over 1/3 of the population is under 24 years. Nationwide 23% of teenagers have started childbearing. However, Mtwara
Region has the highest percentage (25.5%) of teenagers who begin childbearing ...
The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
(MDPI, 6/9/2021)
This study examines the associations between women’s empowerment and family planning use in Jimma Zone, Western Ethiopia. A total of 746 randomly selected married women of reproductive age were interviewed. The data were ...
Family Planning Use and Associated Factors Among Pastoralist Community of Afar region, Eastern Ethiopia
(BMC Women's Health, 2016-01)
Background: Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with a total fertility rate (TFR) of 4.8 children
per a woman and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) of 29 %. The overall prevalence of modern family ...
Family Planning Use and Associated Factors Among Pastoralist Community of Afar Region, Eastern Ethiopia
(Springer, 7/18/2016)
Background: Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with a total fertility rate (TFR) of 4.8 childrenper a woman and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) of 29 %. The overall prevalence of modern family ...
Paving the Way for Universal Family Planning Coverage in Ethiopia: an Analysis of Wealth related inequality
(BioMed Central, 9/14/2015)
Background: Family planning plays a significant role in reducing maternal and child mortality and ultimately in
achieving national and international development goals. It also has an important role in reducing new pediatric
HIV ...
Enabling and Hindering Factors of Health Surveillance Assistants’ Roles in the Provision of Contraceptive Services in Mangochi, Malawi
(Springer, 2020-04-20)
Background: Contraceptive services are essential for promoting people’s health, and economic and social wellbeing.
Despite increased contraceptive use over the past decades, unmet need is still high in Malawi. As a result ...
Reducing Unmet Need for Contraceptive Services among Youth in Homabay and Narok counties, Kenya: The Role of Community Health Volunteers – A Qualitative Study
(Springer Nature, 5/1/2021)
Background: Access to contraceptive services is a cornerstone of human well-being. While Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) promote family planning in Kenya, the unmet need for contraceptives among youth remains high. CHVs ...
Factors that hinder the utilization of Family Planning Services among Men of Reproductive Age in Langata Sub-County, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Advanced Practices in Nursing, 2021-08-10)
In Kenya, most family planning services are ut ilized by female clients
and this has led to this study to establish the factors hindering the ut ilizat ion of
family planning services among men of reproduct ive age in ...
Reducing unmet need for contraceptive services among youth in Homabay and Narok counties, Kenya:
(BMC Health Services Research, 2021)
Abstract
Background: Access to contraceptive services is a cornerstone of human well-being. While Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) promote family planning in Kenya, the unmet need for contraceptives among youth remains ...