Background: Contraceptives are effective ways with which couples can limit or space the
number of children they have. Several methods of contraception exist, both modern and …

Contraceptive method switching refers to changing contraceptive methods from one to
another. These put them at risk of unintended pregnancies. As switching become significant …

Contraceptive adherence during acute and recent HIV-1 infection is important to maternal
and child health given the elevated risk of vertical HIV-1 transmission and additional …

Globally, the proportions of women of reproductive age living with HIV vary between regions,
with significantly higher proportions in sub-Saharan Africa. The scale-up of multiple-drug …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) and other forms of gender-based violence, in their own right,
present significant public health concerns and gross violations of women's human rights. In …

HIV/AIDS is a global public health problem. In 2015, about 36.7 million people were living
with HIV. Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by HIV; in 2015, this region …

Background: When integrated with couples' voluntary HIV counselling and testing (CVCT),
family planning including long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) addresses prongs …

Background: Family planning (FP) is one of the main strategies to reduce maternal mortality
in sub-Saharan Africa. However, only 8% of women use modern contraceptive methods in …

Background Even if long term contraceptives are more effective, efficient and tolerable
choices, method shifting from long to short term contraceptives continued as a global …