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Fact Sheet
وضع األمور في نصابها الصحيح االستثمار في خدمات منع الحمل في االتحاد اإلفريقي
From the series Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in the African Union
58 million
women have an unmet need for modern contraception because they want to avoid a pregnancy and either do not use a contraceptive method or use traditional methods, which are less effective than modern methods.
42%
of women who want to avoid a pregnancy experience unmet need for modern contraception.
55%
of adolescent women aged 15–19 who want to avoid pregnancy have an unmet need for modern contraception.
81%
of all unintended pregnancies in African Union member states occur among women who have an unmet need for modern contraception.
Source
The information in this fact sheet can be found online in the appendix tables accompanying Sully EA et al., Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1363/2020.31593. Data pertain to all member states of the African Union except Seychelles and the Sahwari Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara).
Acknowledgments
This fact sheet was made possible by support from UK Aid from the UK Government and grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The findings and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions and policies of the donors. The authors thank International Planned Parenthood Federation—Sub Office to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Institute for Development Policy, and the African Population and Health Research Center for reviewing this fact sheet.
From the series Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in the African Union
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