WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Peter Elia Mosha*, Fadhili Amimu Ngalawa and Prosper Kiria D.

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted in Moshi District at Okaoni and Kibosho Magharibi Wards. Data was collected from married women of reproductive age 15-49 years, determining the current status of unmet need for Modern Contraceptives (MC), assessing reasons for unmet need for MC and identifying current initiatives taken by stakeholders to solve the problem of unmet need. The study used cross-sectional research design involving 96 women. The findings showed unmet need for MC was 59.4% of all respondents. Result further indicated that unmet need for MC was significantly related to distance from home to health facility in which women living far from health facilities were more likely to report unmet need relative to those living near to health facilities. Improvement of women access to MC through provision of MC to different public health facilities which is freely provided to women was reported as one of the initiatives taken. Conclusively, unmet need for MC is high among women of reproductive age and is because of distance from health facilities in most part of the study area. Study recommended that government and other stake holder should ensure MC are available and accessible by establishing health post after a few kilometers.