Birth Control in Africa

Africa has the over all lowest use of birth control among of women using birth control in the world.

Map showing the world birth control use (source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control_in_Africa)

One in twenty-six women die due to maternal causes in Africa, unlike Europe which only one in 9400 women. This is due to the lack of safe medical abortions in Africa. Many people scam female into thinking that they will give them safe abortions, when they are not safe and they have a large chance of killing the female, just to get money from them.

Females in Africa who are at a young age and in school that get pregnant while in school will never complete school. Schooling in Africa is already difficult for females, due to mistreatment because of sexism, pregnancy is another thing on top of that so they will almost always drop out of school. This is due to the inaccessibility to birth control, and the lack of education of birth control and abortion.

Pregnancy is not the only thing that birth control protects against, there is also STIs. About 4.9% of people in Africa had HIV/AIDS in 2011. To give that percentage some context that is 23 500 000 people in Africa diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. This is because of the lack of access to condoms, and if there is access to condoms they are usually expensive. For example in some countries, one is Zimbabwe, one condom is worth three days of the average salary.

There are many place to make donations and organizations are doing aid work to give females proper birth control and safe abortions to access. Also to support family planning within marriages, to supply medical equipment and professions to help with the planning.

Sources

"Birth Control in Africa." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Oct. 2014. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control_in_Africa>.

Creanga, Andreea A., Duff Gillespie, Sabrina Karklins, and Amy O. Tsui. "Low Use of Contraception among Poor Women in Africa: An Equity Issue."WHO. WHO, 01 Feb. 2011. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/4/10-083329/en/>.

"Africa HIV & AIDS Statistics." HIV and AIDS Information and Resources. AVERT, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2014. <http://www.avert.org/africa-hiv-aids-statistics.htm>.