Contraception use among African women, girls up by 66 percent since 2012
By African News Agency
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JOHANNESBURG - The use of contraceptives has significantly improved in Africa, with the number of users of modern methods growing by 66 percent to over 66 million women and girls since 2012, a global report showed on Tuesday.
In East and southern Africa, the number of modern contraceptive users grew by 70 percent in the eight years to July 2020, according to the new figures released by Family Planning 2020, a global partnership that supports the reproductive rights of women and girls.
The annual report shows that 320 million women and girls are now using modern contraception in 69 low-income countries. More than 121 million unintended pregnancies, 21 million unsafe abortions and 125,000 maternal deaths were prevented in the last year alone.
Publication Date: 12/17/2020
Dear colleague,
As the end of the year approaches, so does the start of FP2020’s year of transition: on January 26, 2021 we will begin our transformation to the new partnership with the launch of FP2020’s last annual progress report and a celebration of FP2020, and we’ll open the process for partners to begin to develop their commitments to the new partnership. We will complete our metamorphosis by International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in November 2021, with a celebration of our new partnership fully formed, a Secretariat spread out in hubs across several regions of the world, and staffed by local experts and colleagues, and new commitments from current and new partners to make this a truly global partnership by going beyond FP2020’s 69 focus countries. We’ll maintain our focus on countries who are still seeking to expand their family planning programs, but all will be welcome to participate to improve programs, policies, and