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In Uganda, you can purchase contraception (birth control) without a prescription. It is estimated that 30% of married Ugandan women and 52% of sexually active unmarried Ugandan women use some form modern contraception.<ref>[http://mobile.businessinsider.com/how-birth-control-is-changing-lives-in-uganda-2016-8 How birth control changed everything for a young mother in Uganda]</ref> For married women, the most common contraceptive method were injectables (14-16%), implants (3.5%), male sterilization (2.3%) and condoms (2%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> For unmarried women, the most popular methods were condoms (19%) and injectables (18%).<ref>[http://mobile.businessinsider.com/how-birth-control-is-changing-lives-in-uganda-2016-8 How birth control changed everything for a young mother in Uganda]</ref> | In Uganda, you can purchase contraception (birth control) without a prescription. It is estimated that 30% of married Ugandan women and 52% of sexually active unmarried Ugandan women use some form modern contraception.<ref>[http://mobile.businessinsider.com/how-birth-control-is-changing-lives-in-uganda-2016-8 How birth control changed everything for a young mother in Uganda]</ref> For married women, the most common contraceptive method were injectables (14-16%), implants (3.5%), male sterilization (2.3%) and condoms (2%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> For unmarried women, the most popular methods were condoms (19%) and injectables (18%).<ref>[http://mobile.businessinsider.com/how-birth-control-is-changing-lives-in-uganda-2016-8 How birth control changed everything for a young mother in Uganda]</ref> | ||
Ugandan women typically know about at least one contraceptive method, yet there isn't widespread contraceptive use. According to a 2015 report, 33.4% of Ugandan women (in marriages or in unions) have unmet family planning needs. In Uganda, the median age for first time mothers is 18.9 years old, and 18% of Ugandan teens have already had a child. This can be partially attributed to lack of access to contraceptives, especially in rural areas, and lack of information about family planning services. There is also some male prejudice against birth control, which is sometimes falsely claimed to cause cancer, cause infertility or promote promiscuity.[http://mobile.businessinsider.com/how-birth-control-is-changing-lives-in-uganda-2016-8 How birth control changed everything for a young mother in Uganda]</ref> | Ugandan women typically know about at least one contraceptive method, yet there isn't widespread contraceptive use. According to a 2015 report, 33.4% of Ugandan women (in marriages or in unions) have unmet family planning needs. In Uganda, the median age for first time mothers is 18.9 years old, and 18% of Ugandan teens have already had a child. This can be partially attributed to lack of access to contraceptives, especially in rural areas, and lack of information about family planning services. There is also some male prejudice against birth control, which is sometimes falsely claimed to cause cancer, cause infertility or promote promiscuity.<ref>[http://mobile.businessinsider.com/how-birth-control-is-changing-lives-in-uganda-2016-8 How birth control changed everything for a young mother in Uganda]</ref> | ||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: "We provide both short and long term methods including contraceptive implant, IUD, contraceptive injection and press, condoms, contraceptive pills and voluntary surgical contraception (VSC). Family planning counseling, side effects management and removal services are also available at all of our service delivery points. MSU also markets the LifeGuard condom." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | |||
* Kampala Hospital Limited: Pills are New Fem, Pill Plan Plus, Microgynon. They cost one thousand shillings. | * Kampala Hospital Limited: Pills are New Fem, Pill Plan Plus, Microgynon. They cost one thousand shillings. | ||
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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
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* [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: "Our centres offer testing and syndromic management for STIs including gonorrhoea, genital herpes and syphilis. Voluntary, confidential HIV counselling and testing and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services are also offered." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | |||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: "MSU works in collaboration with the ministry of health to provide cervical cancer screening to hundreds of thousands of women in Uganda at heavily subsidised service prices." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | |||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: "We provide antenatal and postnatal care through our network of centres. MSU also socially markets Misoclear, our brand of Misoprostol used to prevent post-partum hemorrhage." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | |||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* [http://mariestopes.or.ug/our-hotline/ Marie Stopes Uganda Hotline]: "Our Hotlines – Call us free of charge on 0800 120 333 & 0800 220 333. Our client-focused hotline provides free, friendly and confidential counselling and information as well as referral for the following services: Family planning, Cervical Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Post Partum Hemorrhage, Condom use, Other products and services provided by MSU. Operating Hours: Monday-Friday, 7.00am – 10.00pm & Saturday, 8.00am – 5.00pm. CALL NOW: 0800 120 333 or 0800 220 333. Speak to our counselors in your preferred language of communication, with the assurance of confidentiality. You could also send us an SMS and we’ll respond to your question. Simply type FP leave a space then your message and send to 8228. | |||
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