The Impact of Increased Access to Family Planning on Fertility and Health in Malawi

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Key Information

Improving access to family planning in Sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to help women and couples achieve their desired family size and avert unintended pregnancies and unwanted births. It may also have longer-term effects by improving women’s health, educational attainment, and socio-economic status. However, little is actually known about the effectiveness of family planning. In Malawi, Innovations for Poverty Action is working with researchers to measure how an increase in access to family planning—through information, transportation, and reimbursements for family planning services—impacts women’s fertility, health, and well-being.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi

Activity URL

Not applicable or unknown

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2016 - 2018

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
Cross-cutting areas
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Mothers

Age

18 - 35

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
  • Improving transportation
Health and childcare services
  • Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)
Life skills education
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
Reducing economic barriers
  • Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
  • Improved maternal, newborn, and/or child health (MNCH)
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health