For most countries, 2021 is the first year since the COVID-19 pandemic began in which a more comprehensive study of the impacts of COVID on family planning (FP) service uptake and use has been possible. Complete 12-month data sets from HMIS or routine data were finally available, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) officers working within Ministries of Health in multiple countries had access to new tools from Track20 to analyze changes in trends and levels to better understand impacts from COVID on their programming. For the 2021 analysis of COVID-19 impact on FP, we expanded our analysis to present analysis on coverage, volume, changes in the share of women using certain methods, and geographic differences.
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