- A joint effort by the Government of Cameroon’s Department of Family Health/Ministry of Public Health, UNFPA, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc., has resulted in implant distribution in public health facilities increasing 3.7 times between 2013 and 2015.
- Specifically, Cameroon’s central warehouse distributed 33,708 implants to public health facilities in 2015 compared to 9,063 implants two years before.
- Various factors contributed to this increase: stronger forecasting; the procurement of sufficient buffer stock to gauge true consumption; an investment in targeted healthcare worker training; and strategic planning by the government, which enabled thousands more women to access contraceptive implants, helped reduce high levels of unmet need, and advanced progress toward Cameroon’s FP2020 commitments.
- Historically, Cameroon’s chronic stock-outs of contraceptives, particularly implants, have contributed to a low CPR (16.1%) and high maternal mortality (720 deaths/100,000 live births).
Implant Distribution in Cameroon, 2013-2015
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Average Monthly Issues | 755 | 2,185 | 2,809 |
| Total Distribution | 9,063 | 26,221 | 33,708 |
