• The reproductive health burden on women in Tanzania is high. Recent surveys suggest that the average Tanzanian woman has 5.7 children during her lifetime, and that over half of all women deliver at home, without any access to skilled birth care. Many women in Tanzania today would like to space or limit the number of children they have. Only one in five women currently use a modern contraceptive method, even though over half of married women report that they would like to begin using one.