Momentum for family planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is evident in
multiple ways: strong political will, increasing donor support, a growing number of …

Objectives Given the promise of DMPA-SC to increase community-level access to modern
contraception in developing countries, we conducted an observational study to assess the …

Background The use of implants has steadily increased in Kinshasa since 2013 but clinic-
based access to this family planning method is limited due to distance and costs barriers …

Abstract Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) is a population-based
and facility-based survey program conducted in 11 countries to track contraceptive use …

Abstract In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), modern contraceptive
prevalence is low by international standards: 29.6% as of 2020. A 2015 pilot study …

In a context where distance, user fees, and health staff shortages constitute significant
barriers to accessing facility-based family planning services, the use of community-based …

Objectives To document the experience of three groups of Family Planning service providers
participating in task-shifting for the provision of subcutaneous depot-medroxyprogesterone …

Urban populations have been increasing at an alarming rate, with faster growth in urban
slums than that in nonslums over the past few decades. We examine the association …

While community-based interventions are a proven high-impact strategy to increase
contraceptive uptake in low-income countries, their capacity to support women's …

Objective We compared acceptability and continuation of Sayana Press, a subcutaneous
formulation of depot-medroxyprogesteone acetate (DMPA) in a Uniject injection system, to …