Lesotho Introduces Family Planning Services With Childbirth in Hospital, to Empower Women

LERIBE DISTRICT, Lesotho — After delivering her fifth child, ‘Mathabo*, 33, and her husband decided to start using contraceptives a day after the birth, to avoid an unplanned pregnancy. While still in hospital, she had Implanon, a contraceptive implant, inserted.

“My husband asked me to find a suitable method of family planning and this is it. I will now be able to raise my children well, without fear of falling pregnant, and will not have to miss work to go for family planning services, because…