ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ON MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE AMONG WOMEN IN REPRODUCTIVE AGE 15-49 ATTENDING NYAMASHEKE HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

Background: Above the previous half century, the use of modern contraception has spread along the developing world (Avidime et al., 2010). The trends of modern contraceptive utilization have increased slightly globally, which was 54% in 1990 to 57.4% in 2015 (Adane et al., 2020). In Africa, the modern contraceptive use have ascended a little, from 23.6% in 2008 to 28.5% in 2015 2015 (Adane et al., 2020). The use of modern contraceptive among sub-Saharan country increased in East Africa by 1% to 17%, in West Africa 0.5% to 8% every year by 1999. In Rwanda, 58% of current married women in reproductive age 15-49 use modern method of contraception while 48% of sexual active unmarried women use modern method of contraception (National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, 2020).