Summary
Birth spacing is a family planning practice that denotes the duration of time between two consecutive pregnancies or births. It is also known as the inter-pregnancy or inter-birth interval. The World Health Organization recommends an ideal interval of 24 months and no fewer than 18 months. The median birth interval in Puntland is 21 months (PLSHDS, 2020).
Executive Summary
Birth spacing is a family planning practice that denotes the duration of time between
two consecutive pregnancies or births. It is also known as the inter-pregnancy or
inter-birth interval. The World Health Organization recommends an ideal interval of
24 months and no fewer than 18 months. The median birth interval in Puntland is 21
months (PLSHDS, 2020).
Puntland has one of the highest fertility rates with a TFR of 6.8, and one of the lowest
rates of contraceptive use with CPR of 8 percent (PLHDS, 2020), resulting in poor
reproductive health indicators for women and high neonatal mortality. Birth spacing
and the use of modern birth spacing methods is essential in slowing unsustainable
population growth and reduction of neonatal mortality and maternal morbidity and
mortality by preventing ill-timed pregnancies and births. Among the currently married
women, only 1.2 percent are using a modern birth spacing method. The median birth
interval is 21months (PLHDS, 2020).
Birth spacing is a family planning practice that denotes the duration of time between
two consecutive pregnancies or births. It is also known as the inter-pregnancy or
inter-birth interval. The World Health Organization recommends an ideal interval of
24 months and no fewer than 18 months. The median birth interval in Puntland is 21
months (PLSHDS, 2020).
Puntland has one of the highest fertility rates with a TFR of 6.8, and one of the lowest
rates of contraceptive use with CPR of 8 percent (PLHDS, 2020), resulting in poor
reproductive health indicators for women and high neonatal mortality. Birth spacing
and the use of modern birth spacing methods is essential in slowing unsustainable
population growth and reduction of neonatal mortality and maternal morbidity and
mortality by preventing ill-timed pregnancies and births. Among the currently married
women, only 1.2 percent are using a modern birth spacing method. The median birth
interval is 21months (PLHDS, 2020).