You can delve into the topic of COVID-19’s impact on family planning more deeply by downloading a dataset to explore subgroup differences (for example, by age or urban versus rural residence); exploring the FP insight Connecting the Dots collection; and listening to a December 2021 webinar on the key findings from our review and their implications (in French or English).
Connecting the Dots shows that the impacts of COVID-19 on family planning use and programs may not have been as severe as originally feared.
Although we do not know what the future of the COVID-19 pandemic holds, Connecting the Dots found that family planning users and programs were resilient early in the pandemic. Other recent reports, including one from FP2030, another by the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition and John Snow, Inc., and documentation from the Research for Scalable Solutions (R4S) project, support these findings. We hope you can use these lessons in positive ways, including applying this knowledge to future crises.