Background Uganda has a high population growth rate of 3%, partly due to limited access to
and low usage of contraception. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of the family …

Background The use of contraception is one of the most cost-effective public health
interventions and has the potential to prevent about 30% of maternal and 10% of child …

Background Over two thirds of women who need contraception in Uganda lack access to
modern effective methods. This study was conducted to estimate the potential cost …

Background This study was conducted to test the acceptability and utilization of family
planning benefits cards (FPBCs) as incentives to increase family planning uptake among …

From 2001 to 2011, modern contraceptive prevalence in Uganda increased from 18% to
26%. However, modern method use, in particular use of long-acting reversible …

Introduction This study reports on the effectiveness and efficiency from the program funder's
perspective of the Suraj Social Franchise (SSF) voucher program in which private health …

Although Uganda has devoted an increasing amount of resources to health interventions,
funding for reproductive health services as well as general health sector remains …

Background. Evidence-informed priority setting is vital to improved investment in public
health interventions. This is particularly important as South Africa (SA) makes the shift to …

Community-based demand-generation family planning programmes have been associated
with increased contraceptive use in rural areas of Ghana. However, rigorous evaluations of …

Background Unmet needs for contraception constitute a major public health problem in sub-
Saharan Africa. Several mechanisms have been tested to reduce the financial barrier and …