Contraceptive uptake and associated factors among women in the immediate postpartum period at Kawempe Hospital

• Main Authors: Noor Nakiwunga (Author), Othman Kakaire (Author), Cynthia Kuteesa Ndikuno (Author), Rita Nakalega (Author), Nelson Mukiza (Author), Susan Atuhairwe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Within Africa, contraceptive use is low although about 214 million women who are not using contraception want to avoid pregnancy. In Uganda, modern contraceptive uptake is at 35% resulting in unwanted or unplanned pregnancies which may increase morbidity and mortality among chi...