Contraceptive use during lactational amenorrhea

Autor: E. Ballard, Miriam H. Labbok, Virginia Hight-Laukaran, S. O. Rutstein
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 54:101-108
ISSN: 0020-7292
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02671-9
Popis: Data from many Demographic and Health Surveys I and II in developing countries were analyzed to determine the overlap between lactational amenorrhea and contraceptive use (nonhormonal methods) during the first 6 months postpartum. In Asia and the Near East region the level of double coverage during the first 3 months postpartum was 80% in Indonesia and Sri Lanka 60% in Thailand 50% in Egypt and 40% in Tunisia. In Africa the level of double coverage during the first 3 months postpartum was 80% or above for all countries studied except Sudan which did not have such data for 3 months postpartum. Double coverage remained high at 6 months postpartum (55% to
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