Background Postpartum women have high rates of unmet need for modern contraception in
the two years following birth in Nepal. We assessed whether providing contraceptive …

Objective There is high unmet need for family planning in the postpartum period in Nepal.
The current study assessed the effects of a contraceptive counseling and postpartum …

Contraceptive use during the postpartum period is critical for maternal and child health.
However, little is known about the use of family planning and the determinants in Nepal …

Background During the post-partum period, most women wish to delay or prevent future
pregnancies. Despite this, the unmet need for family planning up to a year after delivery is …

Each day, 830 women lose their lives from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, most
occurring in low-and middle-income countries. 1 Cleland et al. estimate that over the past 20 …

Abstract Background In Nepal, 54% of women have an unmet need for family planning
within the 2 years following a birth. Provision of a long-acting and reversible contraceptive …

INTRODUCTION: Improving access to modern methods of contraception and decreasing the
unmet need for contraception are important in working toward decreasing the rates of …

Background Though modern contraceptive use among married women in Nepal has
increased from 26% in 1996 to 43% in 2016, it remains low among postpartum women …

Objective Family planning counselling at different contact points of maternal health services
has been recommended for increasing the uptake of modern contraceptive methods …

Objective This study examined the association between family planning counselling receipt
during the 12 months preceding the survey and postpartum modern contraceptive uptake in …