this section presents available data on reproductive maternal newborn and child health lifestyle and health risk factors and health facilities expenditures and resources across the arab region a decrease was also experienced in lebanon namely byl per cent from in to in in contraception use of any method while contraception use of modem methods increased by per cent from in to in the modem types of contraceptive use include female and male sterilization oral hormonal pills intrauterine device male condom injectables implant vaginal barrier methods female condom and emergency contraception