Health

Family planning myths hurting service delivery

It is common for some people to shun the use of modern family planning methods with a belief that it’s part of western world’s ploys to make them barren and wipe out Africans.
An intrauterine device, or IUD, is a flexible T-shaped device that's inserted by a doctor into uterus. IUD blocks sperm and changes the lining of the uterus, which may keep a fertilised egg from attaching. Pregnancy is prevented from three to 12 years, depending on the type. / Internet photo
An intrauterine device, or IUD, is a flexible T-shaped device that's inserted by a doctor into uterus. IUD blocks sperm and changes the lining of the uterus, which may keep a fertilised egg from attaching. Pregnancy is prevented from three to 12 years, depending on the type. / Internet photo
Donah Mbabazi