1 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 Correspondence: Abou Coulibaly Tel +226 71 40 77 89 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.