Insertions data for long-term, reversible methods of contraception (LARCs) are often used for monitoring family planning programs. Less attention has been paid to LARCs removal data, which is collected by a growing number of countries in Health Metric Information Systems (HMIS). Measuring the quality of removal data is difficult- are removals being under recorded in HMIS or are women having difficulty in accessing removal services? Track20 has developed a calculation of “Expected Removals” which combines HMIS data on insertions with survey data on discontinuation to calculate the number of removals expected to take place annually in a country. Programs can use this number to compare with recorded removals to access the quality of the removal program or the removal data. Read the memo to learn more about these calculations and how they can be used.

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Expected Removals of Long Term Reversible Methods of Contraception in Routine Service Statistics