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1Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Département Biomédical et Santé Publique, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
2Institut Africain de Santé Publique, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
3University of Technology, Faculty of Health, Australian Centre for Public and Population Health Research, Sydney, Australia;
4Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
5World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health Research, Geneva, Switzerland;
6Université de Kinshasa, Ecole de Santé Publique, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
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Purpose: An earlier adoption of contraceptive methods during the postpartum period could help women to extend the inter-pregnancy interval. This article aimed to determine and compare the timing of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) use (ie, intrauterine device and implant) in Burkina Faso (BF) and DR Congo (DRC) between the intervention and control groups.