Women’s perceptions of long-acting reversible contraceptives at a primary health care clinic in Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

Increasing numbers of unintended pregnancies are occurring due to contraceptive failure. Unsafe abortion remains one of the top five avoidable patient-related causes of maternal death in South Africa. There are much higher reported failure rates for short-acting methods of contraceptives than long-acting methods of contraceptives; the uptake of long-acting methods of contraception though remains low.