ABSTRACT Background: The Family Planning 2020 initiative aims to reach 120 million new
family planning users by 2020. Drug shops and pharmacies are important private-sector …

Background: Private-sector drug shops are often the first point of health care in sub-Saharan
Africa. Training and supporting drug shop and pharmacy staff to provide a wide range of …

Drug shops and pharmacies have long been recognized as the first point of contact for
health care in developing countries, including family planning (FP) services. Drug shop …

Background Understanding the sources of contraceptive commodities is an important aspect
of the delivery of family planning services and is required by planning programme managers …

Background: Contraceptives are methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy. In Nigeria,
the contraceptive prevalence was reported at 15% in 2013. Aims: This study aimed to …

Background Health care visits during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth may be
crucial in expanding the uptake of contraceptive care in resource-poor settings. However …

Background: Family planning (FP) is a key intervention in improving maternal and child
health. Hence, we assessed the factors associated with utilisation and unmet need for …

Background This paper presents results of baseline data on the determinants of
contraceptive use in 7 districts in northern Ghana where there is an ongoing integrated …

Background: Contraceptive widely known in most rural setting as family planning is the
planning of when to have children and the use of birth control and other techniques to …

Background Studies have shown that affordable health insurance can influence healthcare
visits and increase the choice of medication uptake in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is …