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Liftoff: The Blossoming of Contraceptive Implant Use in Africa
Authors: Roy Jacobstein
Source: Global Health: Science and Practice, 6(1):17-39; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00396
Topic(s): Contraception
Family planning
Country: Africa
  Multiple African Countries
Published: MAR 2018
Abstract: Contraceptive implant use is rising rapidly, substantially, and equitably in many sub-Saharan African countries, across almost all sociodemographic categories. Gains in implant use have exceeded combined gains for IUDs, pills, and injectables. Key contributing factors include sizeable reductions in commodity cost, much-increased commodity supply, greater government commitment to expanded method choice, and wider adoption of high-impact service delivery practices that broaden access and better reach underserved populations. Continued progress in meeting women's reproductive intentions with implants calls for further investment in quality services for both insertion and removal, and for addressing issues of financing and sustainability.
Web: http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/ghsp/6/1/17.full.pdf