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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Zimbabwe takes a lead promoting contraceptives.

AUTHORS

Keller B

SOURCE

NEW YORK TIMES. 1994 Sep 4;:16.

ABSTRACT

The rate of population growth in Zimbabwe is thought to be less than 3% and the average rate of total fertility (TFR) is

around 5. 36% of Zairian women in 1988, however, were using contraceptives, with this rate now probably 40%.

Although these rates of population growth and total fertility are high, they are lower than they could be. TFR has

declined slightly, but steadily over the years and the level of contraceptive use in Zimbabwe is far above the 14%

norm for Africa South of the Sahara. This trend may in large part be attributed to the efforts of a successful network

of paid community-based contraceptive distributors/educators supported by President Robert Mugabe.

Contraceptives are free to low-income families. Most women use contraceptive pills, although many are switching to

injections of Depo Provera every three months, while the government promotes condom use against AIDS. Since

many women use contraception to space, rather than prevent, births, TFR remains high. Nonetheless, the program

has been successful despite opposition by the Roman Catholic Church, critics in the male-dominated Parliament,

and budgetary constraints. The author notes that an aggressive male awareness campaign has been mounted and

that Zimbabwe even sells wooden penises to family planning programs in other African countries to demonstrate the

proper use of condoms. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4524-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Zimbabwe takes a lead promoting contraceptives.", is(are)

Keller B. The source of this article is "NEW YORK TIMES. 1994 Sep 4;:16.". This article was published in 1994 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4524-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

9524

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