Postpartum depression impacts the health and well-being of new mothers, their infants, and their families and has a significant influence on family planning (FP) intentions. While depression and anxiety symptoms are associated with increased unmet need for FP and low contraceptive use postpartum, solutions promoting the integration of mental health into maternal, newborn, and child health services are scarce.
Join Breakthrough ACTION to discuss promising results from a randomized controlled trial conducted in Ethiopia, demonstrating how cognitive behavioral therapy improved postpartum mental health and supported women in realizing their reproductive health intentions with implications more broadly for maternal, newborn, and child health services, of which postpartum FP is a critical component.
