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Zambia is in its second stage of demographic transition with high fertility rate. This aspect prompted this study aimed at investigating the factors that are significant in birth spacing among women contraceptive users in the reproductive age (15-49) owing to Zambian’s youthful population. The...

Background: Family planning is a key component of reproductive health and is one of the effective interventions in reducing maternal and infant mortality. Despite family planning activities having started in the 1960s in Zambia, the contraceptive utilization rate is only 34.2%. One of the reasons...

The problem of low utilization of natural family planning is worldwide. There is low utilization of natural family planning in all parts of Zambia including Chilonga. Natural family planning rank least among the family planning methods used in Zambia.The study sought to determine factors...

This study was aimed at examining men’s participation in family planning in Chilanga, Kafue District of Lusaka Province of Zambia. What necessitated the study is the high maternal mortality rate in Zambia which is at 591 per 100,000 live births CSO et al. (2007). The study was motivated by...