Improving access to quality care in family planning : medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use.

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[2000]
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Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use

Description

The document covers the following family planning methods: low-dose combined oral contraceptives (COCs), combined injectable contraceptives (CICs), progestogen-only pills (POPs), depot medroxy-progesterone acetate (DMPA), norethisterone enanthate (NET -EN), Norplant implants I and II (NOR), emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), copper intrauterine devices (Cu-IUDs), levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs (LNG-IUDs), copper-IUD for emergency contraception (E-IUD), barrier methods(BARR), fertility awareness-based methods (FAB), coitus interruptus (CI), lactational amenorrhoea method (LAM), and female and male sterilization (STER).

Publication/Creation

Geneva : Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, [2000]

Physical description

1 volume (various pagings) ; 30 cm

Edition

Second edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Overview -- Issues of service quality and access that affect method use -- Effectiveness of methods -- Method of work -- Classification categories -- Clients with multiple risks -- How to use this document -- Programmatic implications -- Clients with special needs -- Summary and conclusions.

Notes

A collaboration between the World Health Organization's Department of Reproductive Health and Research and a large number of international agencies and organizations active in the field of family planning policies and programs.
"WHO/RHR/FPP/00.02."
Copy 1. Donor: FPA, formerly the Family Planning Association.

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