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ArticleReproductive health2025

Does prolonged postpartum insusceptibility undercut the impact of postpartum family planning programming in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sarah Eustis-Guthrie, Benjamin Williamson, Iqbal Shah

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Article in Reproductive health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sarah Eustis-GuthrieMaternal Health Initiative, London, United Kingdom. saraheustisguthrie@gmail.com.
Benjamin WilliamsonMaternal Health Initiative, London, United Kingdom.
Iqbal ShahHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrating family planning into postpartum care at health facilities is a well-regarded health intervention recommended by major organizations in the sexual and reproductive health space. However, several recent studies have found limited to no effects on rates of short-spaced pregnancies associated with these interventions. This paper will investigate the role of prolonged postpartum insusceptibility to pregnancy due to abstinence and breastfeeding alongside other factors in reducing the impact of increased postpartum contraceptive use, ultimately concluding that these factors may substantially reduce the efficacy of postpartum family planning programming at reducing unintended short-spaced pregnancies.

Indexed as

Contraception BehaviorFamily Planning ServicesPostpartum PeriodAfrica South of the SaharaBreast FeedingContraceptionFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy, UnplannedPostpartum family planningPostpartum insusceptibilitySub-Saharan AfricaUnmet need

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PMID40696426
PMCPMC12285070

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