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“Choosing a method for myself, I needed a long-acting reversible method because I want to have another child in 5 or 6 years, I did not hesitate to choose PPIUD. It is also non-hormonal so I am able to breastfeed my baby, which is important to me.”
Najbin Akter, PPFP Counsellor at Khulna Medical College Hospital and PPIUD user
To this end, in 2013 FIGO began the ‘Institutionalisation of Immediate Postpartum IUD (PPIUD) Services Initiative.’ It has trained community midwives, health workers, doctors and delivery unit staff in counselling on postpartum family planning (PPFP) and insertion of IUDs immediately postpartum.
We are proud to celebrate the impressive achievements of each of the countries involved in this project. For this article, we look at the success of the project in Bangladesh.