How Senegal Rapidly Introduced Sayana Press into Its Family Planning Method Mix

March 19, 2018Commitment and collaboration pave the way for the successful introduction of a new contraceptive.In Senegal, the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) doubled within a decade, rising from  10% in 2005 to 21.2% in 2015. This increase has placed Senegal at the forefront of the international family planning movement.The country has adopted a vision for family planning based on what ’s knowns as the three Ds—democratization, decentralization, and demedicalization—and has set a very ambitious goal to reach 45% mCPR by 2020.One of the guiding principles of Senegal ’s Ministry of Health and Social Action (MOHSA) is to ensure the availability of a wide range of contraceptive methods at all levels of health service. This involves introducing as many new high-quality contraceptive products as possible both in public health facilities and at the community level.Introducing new contraceptive products isn ’t simple. It takes involved, active stakeholders to first encourage the population to accept the product, then to ensure its availability within health facilities, and finally to promote the effective distribution of the product by health workers. And it really helps if the new product is easy fo r health workers to administer.So the ministry prioritized introducing Sayana Press —an easy-to-use and subcutaneously injected contraceptive.The successful introduction of Sayana Press was the result of a rich partnership venture that made the method availabl...

Source: IntraHealth International - March 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: intrahealth Source Type: news