"Expanding knowledge and access
to emergency contraception"
"Expanding knowledge and access to emergency contraception in Europe"
January 2021. New brands of ulipristal acetate emergency contraception pills are becoming available in some European countries; as of January 2021 these can be found in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain. Visit the Country by country section of our website for more details on specific brands available in each country.
September 2017. The delivery of EC by pharmacists is an important contribution to the promotion of sexual health and allows easier access to the method. When pharmacists have the necessary knowledge, the majority of emergency contraception issues can be resolved in the pharmacy, enabling the woman to take the most suitable EC method immediately on site. In some situations,…
In February 2017, the European Parliamentary Forum on Population & Development launched the ContraceptionAtlas, a map scoring 45 European countries on access to modern contraception. Included among the examined factors are number of contraceptives available, what sort of information is available online, level of reimbursement, and availability of emergency contraception. According to the atlas, France is number…
“Emergency contraception methods” (the EC wheel), a counselling tool for pharmacists and health providers published in May 2016 by ECEC, is now available in French, and can be used from tablets, cellphones and computers (on and off line). This tool is inspired in the WHO Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC) wheel, and based on the…
In early July 2015, the U.N. Human Rights Council, the principal body at the U.N. that promotes and protects human rights for all, reaffirmed its commitment to women’s and girl’s human rights by passing a key resolution to end violence against women and eradicate child, early, and forced marriage. The resolution, which was adopted without a…
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended in draft guidance proposed in 2010 that doctors, nurses, and pharmacies should “ensure all young women are able to obtain free emergency hormonal contraception, including advance provision.” The recommendation has been on the Health Secretary’s desk since the Spring but he has not yet given…
June 2024. In Germany, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court ruled that a pharmacist cannot refuse dispensing emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) because of his or her beliefs or “conscience”. The Berlin Pharmacist Chamber had initiated a process against a pharmacist who systematically refused to stock and dispense ECPs in his pharmacy because he believed ECPs could…
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