Contraceptives uptakes still low – Researchers

Researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health have expressed concern over the low uptake of contraceptives by majority of women immediately after delivery.

This is despite it being recommended as a solution to the high rate of unintended pregnancies.

The concern was raised by Prof Fredrick Makumbi a senior lecturer at the school while releasing findings of a study conducted in five districts of Kampala, Mukono, Kyenjojo, Gulu, and Tororo to assess the reach, quality, and cost of delivering high-impact practices that can help the country meet family planning targets.

According to the study, while immediate family planning uptake is still low, awareness and training of health workers about this practice were found to be high as 90%.

However, the Commissioner Reproductive and Child Health at the Ministry of Health Dr.Richard Mugahi said it’s quite untenable for mothers to be enrolled in family planning immediately,” in this study we try to find out were the gap probably we did not explain to them because family well during antenatal because family planning is as i mentioned is voluntary and optional and we provide you with different methods and we need to have good discussion with you because we don’t want women to be pregnant twice in a year because it is very possible because the are fertile,”Dr Mugahi said.

Written by Barbra Anyait