Call for more investment in postpartum family planning | HEALTH FOCUS
Health researchers have cited immediate postpartum family planning as one of the high-impact interventions to address unwanted pregnancies in the country, calling for the scaling up of investment in this area. This follows a study by the Makerere University School of Public Health under the Research for Scalable Solutions, which assessed the scale, reach, quality, and cost of service delivery high-impact practices in family planning in Uganda. This study revealed gaps in the delivery of family planning services. The Health Ministry has maintained that family planning is not just a medical issue but also a development issue,