Fertility and reproductive health

Scientific coordination : Clémentine Rossier (Unige) and Binta Dieme (ANSD)

 

Objectives

The objective of this WP is to conduct comparative reproductive research in order to promote the use of HDSS as an alternative source of evidence on reproduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, and to produce more contextualized understandings of the obstacles to fertility decline and contraceptive uptake on the continent. The ultimate objective is to share these results with local and international stakeholders, to push further the reflexion on African reproductive specificities, their implications for reproductive health programs, the need to add specific modules to African DHS questionnaires, and the place of HDSS in national statistical systems.

 

Tasks

  • Task 2.1 : Understanding African fertility stalls (lead: B. Schoumaker, UCL)
  • Task 2.2 : Relating adolescent fertility to marriage, schooling and migration processes (Lead: V. Delaunay, IRD)
  • Task 2.3: Investigating different patterns of family formations leading to low fertility (Lead: B. Mberu, APHRC)
  • Task 2.4 – Piloting a tool to collect data on abortion safety at the community level (Lead: C. Rossier, Unige)

 

Participants

Valérie Delaunay, IRD Marseille, France
Binta Dieme, ANSD, Sénégal
Modeste Roch Millogo, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Clémentine Rossier, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Nathalie Sawadogo, ISSP, Burkina-Faso
Bruno Schoumaker, University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, APHRC, Kenya

Publications

Scientific papers

Rossier C., Schoumaker B., Delaunay V., Beguy D., Jain A., Bangha M., Aregay A., Beck B., Derra K., Millogo M., Nkhata A., Siaka K., Wamukoya M., Zabre P. 2020. Adolescent fertility is lower than expected in rural areas: results from 10 African HDSS. Studies in family Planning.

Schoumaker B.. 2019. Stalls in Fertility Transitions in sub‐Saharan Africa: Revisiting the Evidence. Studies in family planning. 50 : 199-286

Millogo R., Rossier C., Soura A. et Cissé S. A paraître. Impacts socioéconomiques des inégalités de genre sur la fécondité à Ouagadougou: Eclairages à partir des données de l’Observatoire de Population de Ouagadougou. African Population Studies / Etude de la population africaine

Betébe D. & Sawadogo N. 2018. Influence du statut de la femme dans le recours à la contraception moderne chez les femmes en union au Togo. African population studies.

Thesis

Millogo M. 2020. Transition de la fécondité à Dakar, Ouagadougou et Nairobi : similitudes et divergences avec les schémas classiques.

 Cisse S. 2018. Inégalités de recours aux soins de santé maternelle à l’aune des capabilités : le cas du Mali. Université de Genève. Read (French)

Communications

Bangha M., Rossier C. Adolescent Fertility Analysis and Developing Evidence for Advocacy. The Africa Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE) 7th Annual Conference , Accra, Ghana, 5 octobre 2016

Delaunay V., DuthéG. , Dieme B., Beck B., Pison G. Configurations familiales dans l’enfance et mortalité des enfants en milieu rural sénégalais. L’apport du longitudinal dans l’analyse des inégalités, Acfas, Montréal, 10-11 mai 2017

Dieme B., Duthé G., Delaunay V. NdDiaye CT. La dynamique interne de la fécondité: quelles sources d’écarts? European Conference on African Studies. Africa: Connections and Disruptions Edinburgh, June 11-14 2019.

Duthé G., Delaunay V., Dieme B., Beck B., Pison G. Living arrangements and mortality risks during childhood in rural Senegal. The International Population Conference 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 octobre - 4 novembre 2017

Duthé G., Delaunay V., Dieme B., Beck B., Pison G. Marital status of the mother, cohabitation with parents and mortality risks during childhood in rural Senegal. Population association of America annual meeting, 27-29 avril 2017 Chicago

Duthé G., Delaunay V., Dieme B., Beck B., Pison G. Fécondité prémaritale et santé des enfants au Sénégal : existence d’un effet de genre ? Colloque de l’AIDELF, 21-24 juin 2016, Strasbourg

Millogo M., La fécondité basse au Sénégal : quelle diffusion spatiale dans un contexte de transition démographique ? Conférence de l’UEPA, 18-23 novembre 2019, Entebbe.

Millogo M., Rossier C., Soura A., Mberu B. Impact des inégalités de genre sur la fécondité des couples dans des contextes africains de « basse » fécondité : une analyse comparative entre Ouagadougou et Nairobi. Conférence de l’UEPA, 18-23 novembre 2019, Entebbe.

Millogo M., Rossier C. Fertility transition in Dakar, Nairobi and Ouagadougou since the 1970s: a similar decline at all ages. Population Association of America annual meeting, in Austin, USA, April 10-13 2019.

Millogo M., Rossier C., Soura A. Birth spacing: Evolution, associated factors, and impact on fertility decline in Dakar, Nairobi and Ouagadougou between 1978 and 2010. Population Association of America annual meeting, in Austin, USA, April 10-13 2019.

Rossier C. Using confidants to learn about abortion. the Expert Group Meeting on Innovations to Structured Data Collection Methods, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, UNFPA headquarters, December 4-6  2019, New York

Rossier C., Feehan D., Olowabi O., Caron K. A multiplex RDS for abortion? Assessing the potential of the Respondent-Driven Sampling to study abortion safety in restrictive contexts. IUSSP Seminar on Incidence and Safety of Abortion, 3-5 Decembre 2018. Watamu Kenya

Rossier C., Delaunay V., Schoumaker B., BeguyD. , Jain A., Bangha M., Abera M., Andargie G., Aregay A., Beck B., Derra K., Millogo M., Nkhata A., Siaka K., Zabre P., Wamukoya M. Adolescent fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: change is on the way. An analysis with INDEPTH sites data. Population association of America annual meeting, 27-29 avril 2017 Chicago

Rossier C. and Onikepe O. The potential of community-based approaches to collect data on unsafe abortion. The African Regional Conference on Abortion: From research to Policy, 29 novembre au 2 décembre 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Rossier C., Delaunay V., Schoumaker B., Beguy D., Jain A., Bangha M., Abera M., Andargie G., Aregay A., Beck B., Derra K., Millogo M., Nkhata A., Siaka K., Zabre P., Wamukoya M. Adolescent fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: change is on the way. An analysis with INDEPTH sites data. Journée scientifique Les comparaisons internationales à l’Ined, Ined, Paris 30 septembre 2016

Schoumaker B. Stalls in fertility transitions in sub-Saharan Africa. Revisiting the evidence. The International Population Conference 2017, Le Cap, South Africa, 29 octobre-4 novembre 2017

Schoumaker B. & Dimbuene Z.T. Stalls in fertility transitions in sub-Saharan Africa Revisiting the evidence. Population association of America annual meeting, 27-29 avril 2017 Chicago