In 1985, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council was created in order to more effectively manage and implement its birth control policies. Since the time of its independence, Zimbabwe’s government has supported and promoted the use of contraceptives under its Ministry of Health and Child Care. The African nation of Zimbabwe, which was previously known as Rhodesia, has been the site of a great deal of political upheaval, widespread violence, and ongoing warfare. Zimbabwe (59% among sexually active women) Most of these countries are to be found in the developing world. Based on UNICEF health records and self-reported household surveys, we list some of the countries with the highest rates of contraceptive use among sexually active women (both married and unmarried) in the world today. For such reasons, many women and national governments have made efforts to use contraceptives and family planning on a scale never before seen in human history. As infant and maternal mortality rates have declined and life expectancies have been concurrently lengthened, the world's population has boomed, sometimes with detrimental consequences. In many countries, high relative population densities strain resources at the national level, while depleting household budgets at the family level.
