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Belarus

Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Belarus: LNG EC and UPA EC are available in pharmacies, but EC is not reimbursed or covered by social security. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost Guidelines & common practices EC use Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status In Belarus,…

Uzbekistan

Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Uzbekistan: LNG EC is available in pharmacies. LNG EC and the use of IUD for EC are included in national guidelines for family planning, but EC is not reimbursed or covered by social security. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost Guidelines & common practices…

New EC guidelines in Croatia

Following three months of public debate, in September 2015, the Croatian Society of Gynecologic Endocrinology and Human Reproduction (HDGEHR), the Croatian Society of Gynecology (HDGO), and the Gynecology Primary Practice Section of the Croatian Medical Association issued national guidelines on oral emergency contraception. To read the full guidelines in Croatian, please click here. This document…

New training module on emergency contraceptive pills

A new training module on emergency contraceptive pills is now available, in two adaptations: For clinical health care providers: www.fptraining.org/projects/emergency-contraceptive-pills-ecp For pharmacists: www.fptraining.org/projects/emergency-contraceptive-pills-ecps-training-pharmacists These modules are part of the Training Resource Package for Family Planning (TRP), a comprehensive set of materials designed to support up-to-date training on family planning and reproductive health. The TRP contains…

U.N. Human Rights Council passes resolution to end violence against women

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…

New EC guidelines in Portugal

In July 2015, the Portuguese Society of Contraception released Recomendações sobre Contraceção de Emergência, a guide for emergency contraception provision. The recommendations are based on WHO guidelines as well as ECEC’s guidelines. The guide will officially be presented at the Society’s annual meeting in September 2015. The Society is already working closely with pharmacists to…

Unaware of EC’s mechanism of action, Spanish Constitutional Court protects a pharmacist’s right to refuse to sell EC

In 2008, a pharmacy in Seville, (in the southern Spain’s Andalusia region) was fined for refusing to sell emergency contraceptive pills (EC). The pharmacy challenged this, however, and the case was brought up to the Constitutional Court. In July 2015 this Court found that the pharmacist’s right to “ideological freedom” was violated by the sanction,…

New Federal Pharmacy Chamber recommendations for EC in Germany

In January 2015, the Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists (Bundesapothekerkammer, or BAK) issued Rezeptfreie Abgabe von Notfallkontrazeptiva („Pille danach“), a tool to guide pharmacists when providing emergency contraception without prescription. This tool includes recommendations for action, documents for consultation and  a curricula, which can be accessed here (available in German, only). Since April 2015…

Ukraine

Several emergency contraceptive methods are available in Ukraine: LNG, UPA, and mifepristone EC pills and the Yuzpe method are available in pharmacies. LNG EC, the Yuzpe method, and the use of IUD for EC are included in national guidelines for family planning, but EC is not reimbursed or covered by social security. Sexual & reproductive…

Republic of North Macedonia

Emergency contraception (EC) is available in the Republic of North Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia): LNG EC pills are available in pharmacies, but EC is not included in national guidelines for family planning or covered by social security. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost Guidelines & common practices…

Republic of Moldova

In the Republic of Moldova, LNG, UPA, and mifepristone EC pills and the Yuzpe method are available in pharmacies. LNG EC and the use of IUD for EC are included in national guidelines for family planning, and there are several EC reimbursement mechanisms in place. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status…