Family Planning - Challenge for Georgians

FAMILY PLANNING CHALLENGE FOR GEORGIANS Contraception Use 46-47% of sexually active people in 53% 47% 54% 46% Georgia do not use contraception. Woman: Use I Not Use Man: Use Not Use Source: Generations & Gender Survey, 2010 Who knows what about contraception in Georgia? Women (15-44 years old) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Condoms " Has heard of - Knows how to use Spermicides - Knows where o get IUD Pills Injections Not all methods of Moming-After Pill contraception are Tubal Sterilization well-known among Georgian women. Vasectomy 0.8% 6 8% Books, Print Media, Other Teacher 2.5% Parents 4.2% Colleagues Friends TV, Radio, 32.1% Internet 9.1% 47.7% of Georgian women get Source of Information contraception information from friends and relatives, but only 17% from doctors. 12.2% Partner 47.4% 15.3% 17% Relatives Doctor Source: Reproductive Health Survey, 2010 Men (18-79 years old) Which method of contraception do you and your partner use? 46% 21% of men in Georgia are not aware of the contraceptive method that their partner uses. 21% 8.7% 7.4% 8.5% 7% 0.1% 0.8% 0.5% Pills None Condom Morning-After Pi Source: Generations & Gender Survey, 2010 Doctors 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Male Condoms - Has heard of Knows how to use Female Condoms - Prescribes Spermicides Diaphragm IUD* Pills Implant Injection Calendar Method Withdrawal Breastfeeding Female Sterilization Vasectomy Other 88.4% of the doctors would like to Pharmaceutical know more about family planning Companies methods. 3.7% 11.7% Medical 15% Source of Information Magazines Donor-initiated Seminars, 53.1% Trainings, and Conferences 16.5% Continuous Education Training Abortion as a method of family planning?! 15% of doctors consider abortion as an acceptable form of family planning. 0.5% of doctors think abortion is a better family planning method than contraception. INot acceptable Acceptable Source: Attitudes of Doctors towards Family Planning Issues, 2010 Women whose last pregnancy ended in abortion Pregnancy was: XUnplanned (96%) v Planned (4%) Contraception: Not Used (73.6%) e Used (26.4%) хX (хх XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX Source: Reproductive Health Survey, 2010 Which means that BETWEEN 69.6% AND 73.6% OF WOMEN, 69.6% WHOSE LAST PREGNANCY ENDED IN ABORTION, DID NOT PLAN PREGNANCY BUT 73.6% DID NOT USE ANY CONTRACEPTION. Registered abortions in Georgia 34,253 iil 26,859 20,747 21,503 19,100 122,462 abortions were registered in Georgia in the last 5 years. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Source: Ministry of Health of Georgia, 2013 *IUD - Intrauterine device Souces: Generations & Gender Survey in Georgia Il wave, 2010 Reproductive Health Survey - Georgia, 2010 Attitudes of Doctors towards Family Planning Issues, 2010 Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, 2013 JumpStarte ani fithdrawal Calendar Method Other Don't Know