[HTML][HTML] Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission

AM Starrs, AC Ezeh, G Barker, A Basu, JT Bertrand… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to
people's health and survival, to economic development, and to the wellbeing of humanity …

[HTML][HTML] The unmet needs for modern family planning methods among postpartum women in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the literature

J Gahungu, M Vahdaninia, PR Regmi - Reproductive Health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest fertility rate in the world, with the
highest unmet need for family planning (FP). Yet, there is a lack of knowledge about the …

[HTML][HTML] Adding it up: investing in sexual and reproductive health 2019

EA Sully, A Biddlecom, JE Darroch, T Riley, LS Ashford… - 2020 - guttmacher.org
Sexual and reproductive health care encompasses a broad range of services that ensure
people can decide whether and when to have children, experience safe pregnancy and …

Short message service communication improves exclusive breastfeeding and early postpartum contraception in a low‐to middle‐income country setting: a randomised …

JA Unger, K Ronen, T Perrier… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the effect of short message service (SMS) communication on facility
delivery, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), and contraceptive use. Design Mobile WACh was a …

The causal effect of a family planning intervention on women's contraceptive use and birth spacing

M Karra, D Maggio, M Guo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Studies have suggested that improving access to family planning (FP) may improve
contraceptive use and reduce fertility. However, high-quality evidence, particularly from …

[HTML][HTML] Lactational amenorrhea: neuroendocrine pathways controlling fertility and bone turnover

A Calik-Ksepka, M Stradczuk, K Czarnecka… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lactation is a physiological state of hyperprolactinemia and associated amenorrhea.
Despite the fact that exact mechanisms standing behind the hypothalamus–pituitary–ovarian …

An mHealth SMS intervention on postpartum contraceptive use among women and couples in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial

EK Harrington, AL Drake, D Matemo… - … journal of public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To assess the effect of 2-way short message service (SMS) with a nurse on
postpartum contraceptive use among individual women and couples. Methods. From 2016 …

[HTML][HTML] Leaving no one behind: Defining and implementing an integrated life course approach to vaccination across the next decade as part of the immunization …

AS Wallace, TK Ryman, L Privor-Dumm, C Morgan… - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Strategic Priority 4 (SP4) of the Immunization Agenda 2030 aims to ensure that all
people benefit from recommended immunizations throughout the life-course, integrated with …

[HTML][HTML] Inequality in total fertility rates and the proximate determinants of fertility in 21 sub-Saharan African countries

JE Finlay, I Mejia-Guevara, Y Akachi - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In this paper, we examine the inequality in the dynamics of the total fertility rate within 21 sub-
Saharan African countries by wealth quintiles. We also examine the associated inequality …

[HTML][HTML] Modern contraceptive use and factors associated with use among postpartum women in Ethiopia; further analysis of the 2016 Ethiopia demographic and …

GW Dagnew, MB Asresie, GA Fekadu, YM Gelaw - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background The postpartum period is a critical time to improve maternal and child health. It
is a time for accessing contraceptives to prevent short inter-pregnancy intervals. More than …