DHS in the News

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Christabel Ligami
THE EAST AFRICAN

....The long-term methods used in the study included the intrauterine devices, implants and sterilisation, usually used to limit childbearing while the short-term methods included pills, condoms, spermicides and injectables. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey for all women of reproductive age was obtained for the analysis....

....About 12 million women between the ages of 15 and 49 in sub-Saharan Africa, roughly 6 per cent of all women in that age group, said they used injectable hormones....

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Christabel Ligami
THE EAST AFRICAN

....The long-term methods used in the study included the intrauterine devices, implants and sterilisation, usually used to limit childbearing while the short-term methods included pills, condoms, spermicides and injectables. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey for all women of reproductive age was obtained for the analysis....

....About 12 million women between the ages of 15 and 49 in sub-Saharan Africa, roughly 6 per cent of all women in that age group, said they used injectable hormones....

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