Background. Family planning (FP) is one of the fundamental pillars of safe motherhood and
reproductive health rights. In developing countries, women with unmet need for FP constitute …

Background Family planning helps to reduce poverty, increase gender equity, prevent the
spread of sexually transmitted infections, and reduce maternal, infant, and childhood …

Background: In Nigeria, contraceptive use has remained low, 12% for any modern method,
despite the huge resources committed to family planning programs by stakeholders. This …

Background Much scholarly debate has centered on Bangladesh's family planning program
(FPP) in lowering the country's fertility rate. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of …

Women's socioeconomic position has a significant effect on health services use. With the
nature of the socioeconomic empowerment process in relation to improvements in sexual …

Background Family planning (FP) is an important public health intervention that is proven to
reduce unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and maternal mortality. Increasing …

Background Studies in Ghana have reported discrepancies between trends in Total Fertility
Rate (TFR) and Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR). Yet, there is limited empirical …

Introduction: rapidly rising population in Africa is of great concern, especially in Nigeria
because of its impact on social stability. Nigeria has been unable to meet the set targets in …

Background: Contraceptive acceptance and utilization in society has been a huge challenge
for communities in developing countries. There is a need to support the increase in the …

Purpose: Communication between the spouse on family planning issues predisposes to the
approval of the man for the wife to use contraceptives. Most don't even initiate …