Effect of COVID-19 on Access to Family Planning Care and Use of Contraceptive Methods in the Era of FP Clinics Closure and the Unexpected Rise of Unplanned Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Review View PDF

^*Ahmed M Abbas
Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Faculty Of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt

^*Corresponding Author:

Ahmed M Abbas
Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Faculty Of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
Email:ahmedabbas@aun.edu.eg

Published on: 2020-12-08

Abstract

Keywords

Family Planning; Coronavirus Disease-19; Contraceptive Methods; Unplanned Pregnancy

Introduction

History of Family Planning

Family planning programs occupy great importance worldwide. Family planning programs are now in approximately all nations as of 1998, 192 countries with 99 percent of the world’s population had some form of family planning program [1].
As countries have sought to deal with the “population problem” of rapid growth; by focusing on reducing fertility through family planning programs, which have been started in the 1960s [2].
In the 1960s, US foundations, international development agencies, and governments in several developing countries sought to establish programs to distribute contraceptives on a large scale, fearing the potential consequences of rapid population growth. Moreover, the development of two new contraceptive methods - the OCPs and the IUD- encouraged that effective and inexpensive contraception could be available widely [1].