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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Cambodia, you can purchase birth control pills without a prescription. | In Cambodia, you can purchase birth control pills without a prescription. In 2015, is estimated that 57.9% of Cambodian women use some form of contraception, and that 40.4% use modern contraceptive methods. Furthermore, 12.5% of Cambodian women have unmet family planning needs.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
During the Khmer Rouge period (1975-79), the Cambodian health care system was destroyed. After the fall of the Khmer Rouge to Vietnamese forces, the government entered a period of Vietnamese control, which showed little progress related to family planning. However, in 1994, Cambodian family planning efforts were finally reinstated with international support. These efforts faced large hurdles, particularly those related to poor infrastructure, so nationwide adoption of contraceptive use was low. Meanwhile, fertility rates remained rather high along with maternal mortality. Since 2000, the efforts of the Cambodian government along with non-governmental agencies have helped boost contraceptive usage, ushering in improved reproductive health and lower fertility rates. Between 2000 and 2005, the rate of contraceptive use jumped from 11% to 24%, and the fertility rate dropped from 4.0 to 3.4. | |||
According to a 2010 Guttmacher Institute report, "Despite these gains, shortcomings in family planning service delivery and acceptance in Cambodia remain." Furthermore, Cambodian women's contraceptive choices widely varied. Generally speaking, Cambodian women who were older, more educated, living in higher income brackets and living in urban areas were more likely to use contraceptives. The study continues: "Although more than 98% of Cambodian women report knowing a modern method of contraception and most report that such methods are affordable,6 availability of contraceptives remains inadequate. In Cambodia, modern methods are low-priced and are distributed through numerous | |||
outlets, such as pharmacies, markets and both private and public health clinics; however, availability of methods can be irregular, particularly in rural areas. Even so, other social and individual elements may be playing a more substantial role than availability in inhibiting contraceptive use." It was found that many women heavily reliant upon the opinions of their husbands, communities and elders when deciding whether to use contraceptives. | |||
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