Background Sub-Saharan Africa has among the highest prevalence of teenage pregnancy
in the world. Teenage mothers and their children are at risk to a host of medical, social and …

Demand for and utilization of women's health services in northern Nigeria are consistently
low and health indicators in the region are among the poorest in the world. This literature …

Methods Baseline data collected in 2010–2011 by the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation
project on women aged 15–49 living in selected cities in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal were …

Public health officials have advocated the involvement of men as a strategy for addressing
the dismal performance of family planning (FP) programmes. This study was therefore …

Background Though contraceptive utilization has comprehensive benefit for women, it was
one of underutilized public intervention in Ethiopia and in the study area. Thus, assessing …

Objective Uganda has one of the highest unmet needs for family planning globally, which is
associated with negative health outcomes for women and population-level public health …

A common reason for nonuse of modern contraceptives is concern about side effects and
health complications. This article provides a detailed characterization of the belief that …

Background Misconceptions about the usefulness of condoms and other contraceptives still
expose many unmarried adolescents to the risk of unwanted teenage pregnancies and …

Younger maternal age increases maternal and neonatal risks, while the use of
contraceptives among young married women is noticeably lower compared to older women …

Background Family planning is defined as the ability of couples or individuals to attain their
desired number of children, spacing, and timing of their births with the use of contraceptive …