ECEC goes to Copenhagen

ByCristina Puig

ECEC will be attending the European Society of Contraception and
Reproductive Health’s first global conference on contraception, reproductive
and sexual health in May in Copenhagen, Denmark. The sessions that are
specifically focused on emergency contraception are highlighted below:

Friday, 24 May 2013
16:30 – 17:30 Sponsored Symposium HRA Pharma: The unpredictable
ovulation: critical in evolution and central in emergency contraception

Saturday, 25 May 2013
08:30 – 10:00 Educational Session 3: Emergency contraception

Click the link below for more information on the conference and registration: http://www.escrh.eu/events/esc-events/2013

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