Characteristics associated with use of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda

To what extent is DMPA-SC reaching new users versus encouraging method switching among existing users? Though increasingly-popular, little is known about characteristics of women using DMPA-SC in SSA. We compared characteristics of women using DMPA-SC with those of other modern methods, and identified the extent to which women using DMPA-SC switched from another method or are first-time users of contraception.

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