Acronyms & Glossary

AYSRHR Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights

CCA Common Country Analysis

CMIS Community management information system

CPD Country Programme Document

CSE Comprehensive sexuality education

DHS Demographic Health Surveys

DUAL Data Use Acceleration and Learning

EML Essential Medicines Lists

FP Family planning

GBV Gender-based violence

GTA Gender-Transformative Accelerator

HIP High-impact practice

HMIS Health management information system

HR Human resources

HRBA Human rights-based approach

IARH kits Inter-Agency Reproductive Health kits

ICPD International Conference on Population and Development

LGBTIQ+ Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex and queer 

LMIS Logistic management information system

LNOB Leaving no one behind

M&E Monitoring and evaluation

MIC Middle income country

MICS Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey

MISP Minimum Initial Service Package

MPA Minimum Preparedness Actions

PDP Data Portal

RHSC Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

SIAPS Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services

SOGIESC Sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics

SRH Sexual and reproductive health

STI Sexually transmitted infection

SWEDD Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend

TMA Total Market Approaches

UHC Universal health coverage

UNSDCF United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks

RMNCH Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

SRHR Sexual and reproductive health and rights

UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 

UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID United States Agency for International Development 

WHO World Health Organization 

Modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR): The per cent of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who are using (or whose partner is using) a contraceptive method in a year. Disaggregation by: married or in sexual union, all women, age, level of education, socioeconomic class, wealth quintile. mCPR corresponds to the “per cent of reproductive age women in union who are currently using a modern method of contraception”, and is often used as a direct measure of the desired outcome of family planning programmes. For example, it is directly linked to reductions in unintended pregnancy. When disaggregated by wealth quintile and other sociodemographic characteristics, the measure reflects the capacity of the health system to reach all clients in need of health services across geographies, income and education levels and age, among others. 

Unmet need for family planning (UMN): Percentage of women currently married or in union who are fecund and who desire to either terminate or postpone childbearing, but who are not currently using a modern contraceptive method. Consists of two groups of women: (a) those with an unmet need for limiting, and (b) those with an unmet need for spacing. Unmet need consists of women with an apparent demand for FP who are not using a modern method of contraception for example women on traditional methods. The concept of unmet need points to the gap between women's reproductive intentions and their contraceptive behaviour.

Total demand for family planning: Percentage of married or in union women aged 15-49 who want to delay or limit childbearing. It is measured by adding the proportion of this population currently using any contraception to those with unmet need, defined as seeking to stop or delay childbearing but not using contraception. CPR+UMN = Total Demand 

Proportion of demand satisfied: Proportion of women of reproductive age (15−49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods. Proportion of Demand Satisfied (PDS) = [mCPR / (CPR + Unmet Need)] 

Current users of family planning: The number of women who are currently using a modern contraceptive method; to be reported for a defined reference period (e.g. one year). Also known as return acceptors. These would include all women from the previous period on long-acting reversible or permanent methods whether they visit the facility or not. Women who are switching methods during the year will only be counted once. All women discontinuing any contraceptive method and who have not switched to another modern method will be deducted. The number is not cumulative. 

Discontinued users: The number of women who received a method of modern contraception but has requested for method to be discontinued or removed (for LARCs – intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants) before the due date or those who fail to return to collect or receive next doses or supplies of family planning commodities (short-acting methods such as pills and injectables); to be reported for a defined reference period (e.g. one year). 

First time users versus new users: 

First time users: The number of women who accept for the first time in their lives any (programme) contraceptive method; to be reported for a defined reference period (e.g. one year).

Lapsed return users/return adopter: The number of women who were not currently using a modern contraceptive method at the time of her visit but indicates that they were using a modern method previously and discontinued in the last 9 to 12 months 

CYP (couple year of protection): The estimated protection provided by family planning methods during a one-year period, based upon the volume of all contraceptives sold or distributed free of charge to clients during that period. This includes permanent methods, such as sterilization, and the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM).