DHS in the News
| Body: | ROSEMARY N.K. ARDAYFIO "...On the other hand, while TFR declined from 6.4 in 1988 to 4.0 in 2008, preliminary results from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report indicate that TFR has increased over the last six years to 4.2. Use of FP methods has been less than desired, despite the almost universal knowledge and awareness. Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) for modern methods has fluctuated from 19 per cent in 2003, decreasing to 17 per cent in 2008 and increasing to 22 per cent in 2014, an indication that even after a decade, still less than a quarter of married women are current users of modern contraception in Ghana. Yet, 30 per cent of married women in Ghana have an unmet need for family planning..." |
| Abstract: | GRAPHIC ONLINE (ACCRA, GHANA) "...On the other hand, while TFR declined from 6.4 in 1988 to 4.0 in 2008, preliminary results from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report indicate that TFR has increased over the last six years to 4.2. Use of FP methods has been less than desired, despite the almost universal knowledge and awareness. Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) for modern methods has fluctuated from 19 per cent in 2003, decreasing to 17 per cent in 2008 and increasing to 22 per cent in 2014, an indication that even after a decade, still less than a quarter of married women are current users of modern contraception in Ghana. Yet, 30 per cent of married women in Ghana have an unmet need for family planning..." |
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