{
  "abstract": "The global burden of malnutrition and unmet need for family planning (FP) among women of reproductive age remains high. Leveraging the epidemiological and programmatic links between FP and nutrition could help improve outcomes in both domains for women, with wider benefits to health and well-being. Here, we draw on findings from our recently concluded Family Planning and Nutrition Project, which synthesised epidemiological and programmatic linkages between FP and nutrition, alongside other related literature, to argue that limited research connecting FP and nutrition is constraining concrete investments in this area. We identify three key areas for evidence generation with the potential to advance women’s health: examining the impact of hormonal contraceptives to address anaemia caused by heavy menstrual bleeding; strengthening postpartum FP-nutrition service integration and capitalising on social protection programmes to deliver FP and nutrition-related services. Robust evidence from large-scale implementation studies focusing on these areas will be fundamental to reliably establishing the value of such approaches—including effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and key indicators such as acceptability and feasibility—and drawing further resource commitments. Investment in these approaches will help address the unique needs of women across the life course and contribute to improving women’s health outcomes globally.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Uttara Partap"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Sachin Shinde"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ilana Rachel Cliffer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University College of Public Health, Fairfax, Virginia, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Dongqing Wang"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Cara Yelverton"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Nouna Health Research Center, Nouna, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Burkina Faso"
      ],
      "name": "Moussa Ouédraogo"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Africa Academy for Public Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania"
      ],
      "name": "Innocent Yusufu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Nouna Health Research Center, Nouna, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Burkina Faso",
        "Research Institute of Health Sciences, Ouagadougou, Centre Region, Burkina Faso"
      ],
      "name": "Ourohire Millogo"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Africa Academy for Public Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania"
      ],
      "name": "Mary Mwanyika-Sando"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Nouna Health Research Center, Nouna, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Burkina Faso"
      ],
      "name": "Ali Sie"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Iqbal Shah"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Wafaie Fawzi"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Leveraging connections between family planning and nutrition to improve the health of women",
  "uid": "269c9ed2-bc6a-5173-874e-ab2199f9fba9"
}