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Uganda: birth control with plastic beads

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda, Health

Jackfruity writes about the use of beads for birth control in Uganda [1], “Last week Ugandan First Lady Janet Museveni introduced a system of birth control called Moon Beads. Designed to help women track their menstrual cycles and, by doing so, avoid sex when fertile, the beads are part of a five-year family planning program sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development.”