Abstract Background Women in Tanzania report a high unmet need for both information
about and access to family planning. Prior studies have demonstrated the complex and …

Background Family planning can reduce deaths, improve health, and facilitate economic
development in resource-limited settings. Yet, modern contraceptive methods are often …

Background Ensuring women have information, support and access to family planning (FP)
services will allow women to exercise their reproductive autonomy and reduce maternal …

ABSTRACT In West Africa, social factors influence whether couples with unmet need for
family planning act on birth-spacing desires. Tékponon Jikuagou is testing a social network …

Objectives: Couple communication about family planning has been shown to increase
uptake of contraception. However, couple communication is often measured based solely on …

Objectives Women may differ by whether they rely on health providers and/or social ties for
seeking information and advice about family planning. It is unknown whether these …

An emerging dimension of 21st century integrative biology is knowledge translation in global
health. The maternal mortality rate in Somalia is amongst the highest in the world. We set out …

Background: About 24% of married woman have unmet need for Family Planning in Sub-
Saharan Africa and 25.3% of currently married women had unmet need for family planning …

Introduction: Young women in sub-Saharan Africa account for two-thirds of all new HIV
infections and face high rates of unintended pregnancy. Multipurpose prevention …

Background: The healthy future of society depends on the health of the children of today and
their mothers, who are guardians of the future. Spacing pregnancies at least two years apart …