Family planning and reproductive health in Zambia today.
Francine van den Borne, Ian Tweedie, W Morgan · 1996
This report provides an overview of the current status of family planning (FP) and reproductive health in Zambia. The overview comes from a comprehensive review of the literature and can be used as a basis for developing a national IEC (information education and communication) program and to enhance other health care delivery efforts. Chapter 1 includes background information on Zambias geography people recent political history government economy educational and literacy status and communication channels. The second chapter looks at Zambias population policy and programs and provides details on their history objectives and strategies the health reform process problems the draft national FP program early FP activities and initial opposition assistance organizations and the work of the Inter-agency Technical Committee on Population IEC Sub-Committee. Chapter 3 discusses the following reproductive health issues: maternal and child health infant and child mortality HIV/AIDS and mortality among children under five years old maternal mortality adolescent sexual practices adolescent pregnancies and induced abortion. The fourth chapter considers fertility FP and contraceptive practices including potential demand and unmet need sources of information sources of FP methods quality of FP services the integration of services discontinuation of FP use and male involvement. The final chapter describes the role of the mass media and of community-based and interpersonal communication in promoting FP. Topics considered in this chapter include 1) the National IEC Communication Program (1994-2000) 2) exposure and acceptability of the FP message in the media 3) IEC activities focusing on the control of diarrheal disease and HIV/AIDS and 4) IEC and FP.