page_title: Health in Cameroon
section_title: Family planning needs met
hierarchical_section_title: Health in Cameroon / Health status / Maternal and child healthcare / Family planning needs met
caption_attribution_description: English: Increase in percentage of women in reproductive age with their needs met by modern day contraception methods in Cameroon
context_page_description: The Ministry of Public Health in Cameroon is responsible for the maintenance of all public health services. Many missionaries maintain health and leprosy centers. The government is pursuing a vigorous policy of public health improvement, with considerable success in reducing sleeping sickness, leprosy, and other endemic diseases.
  The demand for all types of health services and equipment is high and constant. The need for modern equipment is especially urgent, with many clinics using outdated equipment, some of which is imported illegally from Nigeria. There is also a shortage in professional medical staff, partially caused by public service hiring quotas. Therefore the staff that works is badly paid and has too much work to do, which makes it difficult to treat patients adequately. Many doctors and nurses which were trained in Cameroon emigrate to Europe – but also to South Africa and Asia – for that reason.
context_section_description: The proportion women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) in Cameroon who have their family planning needs met with modern contraception methods increased about three folds from 14% in 1990, to 43.1% in 2015. As of 2017, still not up to half of women of reproductive age have their family planning needs as met as the percentage stands at 44.7%. However, progress has been globally even though slowly from 74% in 2000 to 76% in 2019 .
caption: Met need for family planning with modern contraception methods, Cameroon
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