Findings of the National Family Planning Board’s (NFPB) Reproductive Health Survey 2021 will be disseminated on February 9, 2024 in an event planned for a Kingston-based hotel.

The event will highlight several issues concerning the status of sexual and reproductive health among persons of reproductive age.   National in scope, the research data is integral to programme development within the island’s four health regions.

RHS 2021 represents the ninth in a series of periodic enquiries into the factors affecting population size and growth.  The NFPB contracted the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) in 2021 to execute field research into the sexual and reproductive health of men and women 15 to 49 years examining several broad areas of interest.  These were contraceptive knowledge, use and non-use; fertility; condom use; sterilisation; maternal and infant health; HIV and sexually transmitted infections; gender attitudes and intimate partner violence; as well as youth.

The RHS is widely used by policymakers, academics, healthcare providers, donors, and partner agencies to guide their decision making and planning processes and is widely quoted in national reports presented on international stages.