Effect of performance based financing home visiting on the use of modern methods of contraception in the kumbo east health district, Cameroon.

Background: The use of modern methods of contraception (MMC) as defined by the World Health Organization still remains a challenge in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Performance Based Financing (PBF) home visit was introduced in 2012 to increase the use of those modern methods in the Kumbo East Health District (KEHD), Cameroon.We determined the utilization rates of MMC in areas in the KEHD with PBF home visits compared with those areas with no home visits.