Family Planning 2020’s groundbreaking new report on family planning in the world’s 69 lowest-income countries released this month shows more women and adolescent girls than ever before are making the voluntary choice to use contraception in their everyday lives. More importantly, country governments are prioritizing family planning programs as an essential part of their development strategies. Below is a round-up of media attention the report has received throughout Africa.
Updated on December 5, 2018
Regional
- Swenga: Family Planning, an effective anti – Poverty Intervention Strategy
- New African: Africa fastest growing region for contraception use by Tom Collins
- Agence de Presse Africaine (APA): Increase in the use of modern contraception in Senegal
- CNBC Africa: Rwanda hosts 5th edition of the International Conference on Family Planning (video)
- CNBC Africa: Only 317 million women globally have access to contraceptives – Report (video)
- Quartz Africa: West African countries are leading the way in educating men on “positive masculinity” By Annalisa Merelli
- African Media Agency: A New Landmark Report Shows That Contraceptive Use Is Increasing Fastest In Africa, With 24% Of Women Of Reproductive Age Now Using Modern Methods (Reposted in: Modern Ghana)
- African Media Agency: Landmark New Report Shows Use Of Contraception Growing Fastest In Africa, With 24% Of Women Of Reproductive Age Now Using Modern Methods
- African Media Agency: New Report Shows Use of Modern Contraception on the Rise in Kenya (Reposted in: CNBC Africa)
- African Media Agency: New Report Shows Use of Modern Contraception on the Rise in Nigeria (Reposted in: The Nigerian Voice, CNBC Africa)
- African Media Agency: New Report Shows Use of Modern Contraception on the Rise in South Sudan; 25,000 (Reposted in: CNBC Africa)
- African Media Agency: New Report Shows Major Increase In Use Of Modern Contraception In Uganda (Reposted in: CNBC Africa)
Ghana
- Daily Guide Africa: Ghana On Track To Meet FP2020 Targets By Jamila Akweley Okertchir
Kenya
- Nairobi Wire: Avril Can’t Keep Calm After Meeting “Princess of Africa” Yvonne Chaka Chaka By Richard Kamau (Reposted in: Ghafla)
- The Standard: He tells you your work is to give birth: “Reproductive coercion among informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya” By Protus Onyango
- The Nation: Sexual health policy to curb teenage crisis By Evelyn Samba (Reposted in: AllAfrica)
- The Star: Kenya averts 2 million pregnancies in race against overpopulation By John Muchangi
Malawi
- The Nation: New report shows more Malawi women using family planning By Edyth Kambalame
- The Times: Malawi impresses on modern contraceptives uptake By Josephine Chinele
Nigeria
- Africa Prime News: ICFP: Africa Must Harness Its Youths’ Potentials For Sustainable Development – Rwandan Prime Minister By Iliya Kure
- Concise News: Nigeria Records 1.3m Unwanted Pregnancies, 735,000 Unsafe Abortion By Philips Sunday
- The Cable: Nigeria ‘records’ 1.37 million unwanted pregnancies in 2018 By Mayowa Tijani (Reposted in: legit.ng)
- The Guardian (Nigeria): Nigeria records over a million unwanted pregnancies in 2018 By Abisola Olasupo (Reposted in: All Africa)
- Leadership: Over 2m Unintended Pregnancies, 735,000 Unsafe Abortions Prevented Since July 2017 In Nigeria – Report By Odiri Uchenunu-Ibeh
- Naija News: Nigeria Records Over 1.36 Million Pregnancies In 2018 By Faderera Falade
- The Pulse: Nigeria records 1.3m unwanted pregnancies in 2018 says global family planning report By Ayomide O. Tayo
- TV 360 Nigeria: Effective Use Of Contraceptives Has Prevented Over Two Million Unwanted Pregnancies In 2018 By Fidelia Agwuncha
- Africa Prime News: Over 2 million Unintended Pregnancies Averted In Nigeria In Last Six Years – Report By Iliya Kure
- Daily Trust: 46m more women getting modern contraception since 2012 By Judd-Leonard Okafor
- Daily Trust: Young people demand voice in family planning By Judd-Leonard Okafor
- The Guardian: Contraceptives usage on the rise in Nigeria By Emeka Nwachukwu
Rwanda
- Rural Reporters: Expanding Access to Family Planning Services Significant to SDGs Outcomes By Busayo Sotunde
- The New Times: Family planning summit ends with call to involve young people By Eugène Kwibuka
- KT Press: Women’s Vital Role Taken For Granted – Jeannette Kagame By Oswald Niyonzima
- The New Times: Have your say on family planning, First Lady tells women leaders By Athan Tashobya (Reposted in: All Africa)
- The New Times: Scaling up family planning ‘an uphill but winnable battle’ By Eugène Kwibuka (Reposted in: All Africa)
- Taarifa: National Speech: Rwanda’s Prime Minister Makes Strong Commitments On Rwanda’s Population Control
- Taarifa: Study Launched In Rwanda Says Women In Poor Countries Use More Contraceptives By Samuel Baker Byansi
- IGIHE: Martine Mois, Haitian President’s wife attended a conference on family planning in Kigali By Ishimwe Israel
- KT Press: Family Planning Is Not Just Woman’s Issue – PM Ngirente By Oswald Niyonzima
- KT Press: First Lady Dismisses The ‘More Children, More Wealth’ Mentality By Oswald Niyonzima
- The New Times: First Lady: Mindset shift key to higher uptake of family planning By Athan Tashobya (Reposted in: AllAfrica)
- The New Times: Policymakers, experts root for greater access to contraceptives By Eugène Kwibuka (Reposted in: AllAfrica)
Uganda
- New Vision: Uganda wins family planning award By Carol Natukunda
- New Vision: More Ugandan women are using contraceptives By Carol Natukunda
- New Vision: Study on contraceptives and HIV risk to be released mid-2019 By Carol Natukunda
- Uganda Radio Network: 2.7 million women using contraception in Uganda By Barbara Among (Reposted in: Dispatch Kampala)
Zimbabwe
- The Herald (Zimbabwe): Record Number of women and girls using modern contraception highest in history UNFPA official By Roselyne Sachiti
