"Expanding knowledge and access to
emergency contraception in Europe"
"Expanding knowledge and access to emergency contraception in Europe"
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Spain: LNG EC, UPA EC, and the use of IUD for EC are included in contraception protocols; local pharmacies, and family planning clinics distribute EC. LNG and UPA EC are included in drug reimbursement policies and provided in public health facilities, in some of the country’s Autonomous Communities. Sexual…
In an effort to curb the number of unwanted pregnancies in Latvia, a small-scale study was undertaken to determine male students’ knowledge about and attitudes towards EC, the first of its kind undertaken in this country. Researchers posited that within Riga Stradins University, male students of the Social Science Faculty were less informed about EC…
In 2012, HRA Pharma and the BVA Institute conducted a survey among a representative sample of 2,500 women aged 16-45 on their perceptions of EC. The survey found that among women who reported having unprotected or inadequately protected intercourse, only 20% used EC, due mainly to an underestimation of the risk of pregnancy. This survey…
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in France: LNG EC, UPA EC, and the use of IUD for EC are included in national policies for family planning. Local pharmacies, hospitals, schools, and family planning clinics distribute EC pills. EC is included medicines reimbursement policies. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost Guidelines…
Amid concerns that OTC (over the counter) EC access might result in less efficient use of contraceptive methods, overuse, and riskier sexual behavior, Swiss researchers studied whether the behaviors of EC users have changed since EC was made OTC in 2002. The researchers studied the profiles of EC users in a pharmacy in the city…
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Turkey: LNG EC is included in national guidelines for family planning, and local pharmacies distribute LNG EC and UPA EC, but EC is not reimbursed or covered by social security. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost Guidelines EC use Sexual & reproductive health background…
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Portugal: LNG EC, UPA EC, and the use of IUD for EC are included in national guidelines for family planning; local pharmacies, hospitals, and family planning clinics distribute EC; and Portugal includes EC in its drug reimbursement policies. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost…
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Estonia: LNG EC and the use of IUD for EC are included in national guidelines for family planning, and local pharmacies distribute EC without a prescription, but it is not reimbursed or covered by social security. Since June 2017, UPA EC is also available from pharmacies. Sexual & reproductive…
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Hungary: LNG EC, UPA EC are included in national guidelines for EC, and local pharmacies, hospitals, and family planning clinics distribute EC, but it is not reimbursed or covered by social security. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost Guidelines & common practices EC use…
Historically, the Yuzpe method of emergency contraception (EC) was the only available method in the Maltese Islands (Malta and Gozo). Dedicated EC products were neither imported into Malta nor manufactured in the country. Following a judicial protest filed in June 2016 by the Women’s Rights Foundation requesting access to EC, on 17 October 2016, the Malta Medicines…
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Italy: LNG EC, UPA EC, and the use of IUD for EC are included in guidelines for family planning, and local pharmacies distribute EC pills. EC is not reimbursed or covered by social security. Sexual & reproductive health background information Accessibility & prescription status Cost Guidelines & common practices…
Emergency contraception (EC) is available in Norway: LNG EC, UPA EC, and the use of IUD for EC are included in national policies for family planning; EC is distributed at numerous sites, including pharmacies, schools, family planning clinics, and gas stations; and LNG EC is often delivered free of charge to young people and vulnerable…
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