Estimating progress towards meeting women's contraceptive needs in 185 countries: A Bayesian hierarchical modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expanding access to contraception and ensuring that need for family planning is satisfied are essential for achieving universal access to reproductive healthcare services, as called for in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Monitoring progress towards these outcomes is well established for women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who are married or in a union (MWRA). For those who are not, limited data and variability in data sources and indicator definitions make monitoring challenging. To our knowledge, this study is the first to provide data and harmonised estimates that enable monitoring for all women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (WRA), including unmarried women (UWRA). We seek to quantify the gaps that remain in meeting family-planning needs among all

SUBMITTER: Kantorova V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028249 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature