Rising popularity of injectable contraceptives in sub-Saharan Africa
population health
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Issue: 2
(12 - 2011)
Injectable contraceptives are fast becoming the method of choice among married
women in sub-Saharan Africa. In several countries in the region, the proportion of
women using injectable methods has surpassed the proportion of women using
the pill. This is true even in some countries where the pill had been the most pop-
ular modern method in the 1980s and 1990s. This paper analyzes data from six
sub-Saharan African countries that have participated four or more times in the
Demographic and Health Surveys program to investigate recent increases in prev-
alence of injectable contraceptives and identify factors that drive the increase. It
discusses the programmatic implications of this trend for the region, especially in
terms of contraceptive security and sustainability.
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