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Key facts. Among the 1.9 billion women of reproductive age group (15–49 years) worldwide in 2021, 1.1 billion have a need for family planning; of these, 874 million are using modern contraceptive methods, and 164 million have an unmet need for contraception (1).
Drawing on lessons from recent outbreaks, this new edition details tangible measures for frontline health workers to protect access to family planning services during emergencies, such as wider access to self-administered contraceptives and the use of digital technologies by providers. It also expands guidance for women and young people at high risk of HIV.
Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children, if any, and to determine the spacing of their pregnancies. It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of infertility. Contraceptive information and services are fundamental to the health and human rights of all individuals.
This Global Handbook for Providers offers clear, up-to-date information and advice to help family planning providers meet clients’ needs, inform their choices, and support their use of contraception. The Handbook is also an excellent resource for training and can be used to reinforce supervision. The 2022 edition of the Handbook includes two chapters that were added to the web-based edition ...
The concept of unmet need points to the gap between women's reproductive intentions and their contraceptive behaviour. For MDG monitoring, unmet need is expressed as a percentage based on women who are married or in a consensual union. The standard definition of unmet need for family planning (UMN), included in the numerator: -All pregnant ...
The competencies also provide a shared language about attitudes, knowledge and skills needed in family planning and abortion service delivery. This makes it easier for people to collaborate across organizations and countries, in order to reach the common goal of ensuring the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health, for everyone ...
Overview. This publication is designed to be used by programme planners and managers as a resource when designing interventions to integrate postpartum family planning into national and subnational strategies. Postpartum family planning should not be considered a ‘vertical’ programme, but rather as an integrated part of existing maternal ...
Data and health content consistent with WHO recommendations, generically applicable to digital systems. They are software-neutral, operational, and structured documentation based on WHO clinical, health system and data use recommendations to systematically and transparently inform the design of digital systems.
The denominator is the total demand for family planning (the sum of contraceptive prevalence (any method) and the unmet need for family planning). In order to generate regional and global estimates for any given reference year, the Population Division/DESA uses a Bayesian hierarchical model, described in detail in: Alkema L., V. Kantorová, C ...
This leads to 25 million unsafe abortions and 47 000 maternal deaths every year. Findings and recommendationsThe WHO study found 4794 women who had an unintended pregnancy after they stopped using contraception. 56% of the women who became pregnant were not using a contraceptive method in the 5 years prior to conceiving. 9.9% of women with an ...