The Potential Impact of Community-Based Distribution Programmes on Contraceptive Uptake in Resource-Poor Settings: Evidence from Ethiopia

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The community-based Health Extension Program significantly improved contraceptive utilization in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia

“…Findings of studies on other community-based health programs in other countries also support this study. Studies on the effect of community-based reproductive health communication interventions on contraceptive use among young married couples in Bihar, India, and community-based distribution programs on contraceptive uptake in Ethiopia have indicated that demand for contraception increases in intervention areas 9,10…”

Trend and correlates of contraceptive use in rural and urban Ethiopia: is there a link to the health extension programme?

“…After adopting the National Population Policy of Ethiopia and developing a clearly stated family planning programme following the change of government in 1991, international family planning service-providing and funding organisations such as the Packard Foundation Ethiopia, Marie Stopes International -Ethiopia, the German Development Agency and others have engaged in supporting and implementing the family planning programme of Ethiopia (Ahmed & Mengistu, 2001). A number of local non-government organisations (NGOs) were also organised under the umbrella of the Ethiopian Consortium of Reproductive Health Associations (CORHRA) -the then Consortium for Family Planning NGOs in Ethiopia (Tawye, Jotie, Shigu, Ngom & Maggwa, 2005). To expand and improve the services, a community-based distribution (CBD) programme was later introduced by local as well as international NGOs with the material and financial support of donors and development partners (Ahmed & Mengistu, 2002).…”

Contraceptive practices adopted by women attending an urban health centre

“…The factors responsible for such varied picture operate at the individual, family and community level with their roots in the socio-economic and cultural milieu of Indian Society. Recent evidence from Ethiopia, where the majority of the population live in rural areas, indicates that the country's contraceptive prevalence rate could double if the current community based reproductive health program were expanded to include provision of family planning 9 . Hence, the present study was designed to find out the contraceptive prevalence and identify the different variables which affect the contraceptive prevalence among the urban slum community in Mumbai.…”