TABLE 1. Number of Implants Provided by MSI in Selected sub-Saharan African Countries,a 2008–2012
MSI Country Program20082009201020112012% Growth (2011–12)
Burkina FasoN/A2,4407,8357,08614,386103%
Ethiopia14,28631,95345,73768,34788,20629%
Ghana2,6025,5493,11714,43323,16260%
Kenya6,65243,33069,65172,477117,10662%
Madagascar6,20617,53526,89934,17565,22991%
Malawi1,7191,3692,59521,69184,389289%
Mali303,29510,58817,64933,01987%
NigeriaN/A1,1845,9446,38812,749100%
SenegalN/AN/AN/A5356,6001,134%
Sierra LeoneN/A8,38721,79229,25737,67229%
South SudanN/AN/AN/A1531,138644%
Tanzania25,45728,15724,46536,70564,75276%
Uganda13,73029,87542,49881,544143,76276%
Zambia6393,0374,7244,4579,900122%
Zimbabwe8,72016,16624,86240,10752,25930%
TOTAL80,041192,277290,707435,004754,32973%
  • Abbreviations: MSI, Marie Stopes International; N/A, not available (because the MSI country program had not yet begun providing implants).

  • a Data from MSI's service delivery statistics for MSI country programs in sub-Saharan Africa that were active in implant service delivery in 2012. Data from Sudan and Swaziland recorded in 2010 and 2011 are not included because these country programs were closed in 2012. (The 2 countries contribute an additional 864 implants in 2010 and 486 in 2011.)