It's about time: WHO and partners release programming strategies for postpartum family planning

Authors

Mary Eluned Gaffield, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Shannon Egan, Jhpiego, Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), USA
Marleen Temmerman, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Commentary

Department

Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health; Obstetrics and Gynaecology (East Africa)

Abstract

Since 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been receiving an increasing number of requests from country programs for strategies to create or strengthen voluntary family planning programs for women in the first year after childbirth. During this extended postpartum period, 95% of women in low- and middle-income countries want to avoid a pregnancy within the next 2 years, but 70% are not using contraception.

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Global Health: Science and Practice

Recommended Citation

Gaffield, M. E., Egan, S., Temmerman, M. (2014). It's about time: WHO and partners release programming strategies for postpartum family planning. Global Health: Science and Practice, 2(1), 4-9.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_obstet_gynaecol/491

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