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In Malawi, you can purchase condoms and birth control pills at pharmacies without a prescription, and no screening from the pharmacist is required.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other forms of birth control, such as implants, injectables, and IUDs, you may need to directly visit a hospital or clinic to obtain them. | In Malawi, you can purchase condoms and birth control pills at pharmacies without a prescription, and no screening from the pharmacist is required.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other forms of birth control, such as implants, injectables, and IUDs, you may need to directly visit a hospital or clinic to obtain them. | ||
In the past decade, Malawi has seen an improvement in contraceptive access for women in the country. In | In the past decade, Malawi has seen an improvement in contraceptive access for women in the country. In 2015, about 58% of married women (ages 15 to 49) were using some form of modern contraception, which was a notable increase since 2010 (when 42% of women used modern contraception). This was also higher than the Eastern African average, where about 40% of women use any form of contraception. However, many women in Malawi still struggle to access contraception -- and, in fact, one in five married girls and women in Malawi want contraception but do not have access to it. It was estimated in 2015 that about 19% of women in Malawai have unmet family planning needs, which is lower than the Eastern African average (about 24% of women).<ref>[https://www.psi.org/2018/11/paving-pathways-to-contraceptive-self-injection/ PAVING PATHWAYS TO CONTRACEPTIVE SELF-INJECTION]</ref> <ref name="unreport_contraceptives2015">[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
The most common forms of contraception in 2015 were found to be injectables (31% of women), female sterilization (10% of women), and implants (9% of women). There were low rates of usage for other contraceptive methods, such as oral contraceptives/birth control pills (2% of women), condoms (2% of women), and IUDs (1% of women), as well as traditional methods, such as the rhythm method (less than 1% of women) and withdrawal (less than 1% of women).<ref name="unreport_contraceptives2015" /> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||