Contraceptive practices among married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: a review of the evidence

• Main Authors: Fauzia Akhter Huda (Author), Yolande Robertson (Author), Sabiha Chowdhuri (Author), Bidhan Krishna Sarker (Author), Laura Reichenbach (Author), Ratana Somrongthong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bangladesh has experienced a sevenfold increase in its contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) in less than forty years from 8% in 1975 to 62% in 2014. However, despite this progress, almost one-third of pregnancies are still unintended which may be attributed to unmet need for famil...