RETRACTED: Family planning in COVID-19 times: access for all

Marleen Temmerman

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00231-x

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially strained health systems and transformed the sexual and reproductive health environment worldwide. A WHO survey showed that across 105 countries, 90% have had health service disruptions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 One of the most commonly disrupted areas is family planning services, with 68% of countries reporting service disruptions. The Guttmacher Institute estimated that a 10% decline in use of short-term and long-acting reversible contraceptives across 132 low-income and middle-income countries would increase the unmet need for contraception over the course of 1 year to 48·6 million women, resulting in 15 million additional unintended pregnancies, 1·7 million additional women with major obstetric complications without care, and more than 3 million additional women resorting to unsafe abortions.

Highlights

One of the most commonly disrupted areas is family planning services, with 68% of countries reporting service disruptions
T with major obstetric complications without care, and more than 3 million additional women resorting to unsafe abortions.[2]
Based on evidence that many long-acting reversible contraceptive during the pandemic, a significantly higher proportion methods can safely be used beyond their labelled of women in Lagos were in need of contraception than duration, it is reasonable to assume that many users before the pandemic

Summary

Introduction

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