Fig. 1

Study district distribution of Malawi. One CMA and one matched NMT from 31 health centers across Malawi were selected for training in Malawi’s 1-week LARC insertion course, of which 29 CMAs and 29 NMTs were used for our study analysis. After the training, the CMAs and NMTs returned to their assigned health center across Malawi. The location of these health centers are highlighted in grey, to illustrate the distribution of our study