Scaling up evidence-based interventions to strengthen postpartum family planning services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Overview

From 2015-2018, the Yam Daboo study successfully trialled a package of low-cost interventions aimed at increasing the uptake of postpartum family planning (PPFP) in Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Following the success of this study, in 2019, the package of interventions was scaled up under the FP Accelerator project in three provinces of the Kasaï region – Kasai, Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental in the DRC. Midwives in the three regions were trained in family planning and the use of a PPFP counselling tool. Results demonstrated an increase in the uptake of postpartum family planning in two of the three provinces in the region (Kasaï, Kasaï Central), although it declined in Kasaï Oriental, confirming that it was possible to replicate the results of the Yam Daabo study.