Togo

Engaging Men in Family Planning: Perspectives From Married Men in Lomé, Togo

Ndola Prata
Tekou B. Koffi
Karen Weidert
Erakalaza Ouro Bitasse
Marthe Adjoko E
Mensah, Jacques Emina
Sheila Mensah
Annette Bongiovanni
2018

Family planning programs have made vast progress in many regions of sub-Saharan Africa in the last decade, but francophone West Africa is still lagging behind. More emphasis on male engagement might result in better outcomes, especially in countries with strong patriarchal societies. Few studies in francophone West Africa have examined attitudes of male involvement in family planning from the perspective of men themselves, yet this evidence is necessary for development of successful family planning projects that include men. This qualitative study, conducted in 2016, explored attitudes of...

Are Women In Lomé Getting Their Desired Methods Of Contraception? Understanding Provider Bias From Restrictions To Choice

2019

Background: Despite improvements in contraception availability, women face persistent barriers that compromise reproductive autonomy and informed choice. Provider bias is one way in which access to contraception can be restricted within clinical encounters and has been established as common in sub-Saharan Africa. This analysis assessed the prevalence of provider restrictions and the potential impact on women's method uptake in Lomé, Togo.

Methods: This sub-analysis used survey data from provider and client interviews collected to assess the impacts...

Quality of Long-acting Reversible Contraception Provision in Lomé, Togo.

Karen Weidert
Koffi B Tekou
Ndola Prata
2020
Context

Provision of high-quality contraceptive counseling and services is essential to ensure family planning (FP) programs are rights-based and voluntary. Togo’s modern contraceptive use has steadily increased with almost a quarter of the method mix attributed to long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC). The purpose of this study is to assess the quality of LARC provision in Togo.

Methods

Data for this study were collected in 2016 as part of a larger research study conducted in Lomé, Togo to assess the effectiveness of the ongoing FP service delivery model. Quality of FP...