Influences on contraceptive method choice among adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa Institute of Tropical Medicine
Thomas van den Akker, Lenka Benova
Globally, there are nearly 2 billion young people ages 10-24 which represents about one quarter of the world’s population (Das Gupta 2014). Young people often experience key life transitions in school status, living arrangements, employment, marriage and childbearing when in this age range; this is a critical period to ensure that the reproductive needs of young people are met in order to enable them to achieve their full education, economic and ...