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Access to quality contraceptive counselling among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.

Aliu MohammedIrene Esi DonkohRichard Gyan AboagyeBright Opoku AhinkorahAbdul-Aziz Seidu
Published in: Contraception and reproductive medicine (2024)
Receipt of quality contraceptive counselling among adolescent girls and young women was low. Considering the importance of quality contraceptive counselling on the uptake and continuation of contraception, policymakers need to institute measures that improve adolescent girls and young women's access to quality contraceptive counselling in SSA, especially in countries like Cameroon, Angola, Madagascar, Mauritania, and Guinea, taking into consideration the factors identified in the study. Increasing adolescent girls and young women's access to quality contraceptive counselling could greatly minimize the risk of unintended pregnancies and its associated maternal and child health burden in SSA and subsequently contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 3, target 3.7.
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