Long-term and Permanent Family Planning Methods in Uganda

Executive Summary

"The Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communication Programmes is currently embarking on a programme to promote long-term and permanent family planning methods in Uganda through the Delivery of Improved Health Services II (DISH II) Project. Up until 2000, the DISH project in Uganda has provided integrated Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health training and Information, Education and Communication (IEC) services in twelve (12) districts.

In those districts, contraceptive prevalence has increased since 1995, especially for condom, pill and injectable use. However, even as more adults express a desire not to have any more children, the use of long-term and permanent methods for family planning in these districts has not changed.

The DISH II project therefore plans to address this unmet need and attract potential users by expanding these services and promoting the methods using appropriate messages and media strategies that respond to the current knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about long-term and permanent family planning.

This paper presents findings from a review of published and unpublished literature and information from practitioners in Uganda about the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to long-term and permanent family planning methods and their use."