Family planning and reproductive health are a persistent challenge on the African continent, for women and their families, but also for societies and their economic development. High birth rates in Sub- Saharan Africa pose at least as great of a challenge as the shrinking populations do for Europe and other parts of the Global North.
During the years of the pandemic, Covid-19 pushed many things into the background: other diseases were neglected, and medications and vaccinations were difficult to access. Sexual health, women’s medical care and family planning were among those severely affected.
We wanted to know how sexual and reproductive health, family planning, and other factors were currently developing and how they could be positively influenced. On behalf of Global Perspectives Initiative, the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) analysed recent developments in three African countries with declining fertility rates.
Unfinished Business in Family Planning Equity A Focus on Adolescent Access - Report
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