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After 2 years of follow-up, less than 15% of sexually active women used any modern method of contraception in addition to, or apart from condoms, and less than 5% used dual contraception.
However, only 14% (24/173) and 13% (25/188) reported using a semi-permanent (hormonal injection or implant) or permanent (tubal ligation) contraceptive method at 18 months, and 3.5% (6/173) and 4.3% (8/188) reported using dual contraception (a hormonal and barrier method in combination) after 24 months on ART.
Among 176 sexually active women not desiring children at 2 years of follow-up, 33% (59) did not use any method, 53% (93) used condoms alone, 86% (152) were not using any semi-permanent or permanent method, and nearly 96% (168) did not use dual contraception (Table 2).
In addition, over 86% of sexually active women not desiring children were not using any modern contraception method other than condoms after 2 years on ART and over 95% of them did not use dual contraception despite having been counseled on family planning at the time of ART initiation and having been offered referral to the local family planning clinic.
The practice of dual contraception may not be common [ 12– 12].
Unfortunately, the reported use of dual contraception has been very low even in research settings.
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