Publish Date: May 2020
Author: MCSP
Zambia is among the original Family Planning 2020 countries, committing to double its budgetary allocations for family planning (FP) in 2012 and, in 2017, setting a goal to increase the modern contraceptive prevalence rate to 58% by 2020. Despite an increase in the modern contraceptive prevalence rate from 33% in 2007 to 48% in 2018, unmet need for FP remains high, at 19.7%. Use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) in Zambia is quite low but increasing. Only 0.7% of married or sexually active women were using IUDs in 2018, an increase from 0.1% in 2007
Incorporating the Hormonal Intrauterine System into the Contraceptive Method Mix in the Public Health Sector in Zambia
