Decline in birth control use raises concerns: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics report

The BBS report did not indicate where users obtained most contraceptives. But according to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022 of the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), another body of the government, 55 percent use modern methods and 9 percent use traditional methods of contraception. And 60 percent of the people […]

Contraceptive medicines are decreasing in government stock!

Field workers of the Directorate of Family Planning distribute free birth control contraceptives to eligible couples. These contraceptives can also be obtained from government centres. These contraceptives include Implanon, condoms, oral birth control pills, emergency contraceptive pills (ECP), IUDs, injections, and implants. Five colors are used on the website to indicate the stock of contraceptives […]

Taking contraceptive advice from social media influencers can lead to unwanted pregnancy

They identified 50 videos posted between December 2019 and December 2021 by influencers with 20,000 to 2.2 million followers. The videos were then analyzed to determine the influencers’ attitudes to hormonal birth control, including birth control pills, injections and implants, and non-hormonal versions, such as fertility tracker apps and condoms. The findings showed that of […]