Tim Colbourn, Eva Janoušková, Ines Li Lin, Joseph Collins, Emilia Connolly, Matt Graham, Britta Jewel, Fannie Kachale, Tara Mangal, Gerald Manthalu, Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, Emmanuel Mnjowe, Sakshi Mohan, Margherita Molaro, Wingston Ng'ambi, Dominic Nkhoma, Paul Revill, Bingling She, Robert Manning Smith, Pakwanja Twea, Asif Tamuri, Andrew Phillips, Timothy B Hallett
Malawi has high unmet need for contraception with a costed national plan to increase contraception use. Estimating how such investments might impact future population size in Malawi can help policymakers understand effects and value of policies to increase contraception uptake. We developed a new model of contraception and pregnancy using individual-level data capturing complexities of contraception initiation, switching, discontinuation, and failure by contraception method, accounting for differences by individual characteristics...
December 21, 2023: Studies in Family Planning