Spain: EC use drops due to the pandemic
July 2021. According to the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), use of emergency contraception pills dropped among women aged 25 to 30 and 35 to 40, from 38% to 2,7. Read more here:
July 2021. According to the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), use of emergency contraception pills dropped among women aged 25 to 30 and 35 to 40, from 38% to 2,7. Read more here:
February 2022. Since 2012, the European Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ECEC) monitors emergency contraception (EC) availability and accessibility in Europe, and maintains a country-by-country database to generate and disseminate knowledge. This open-access database is regularly updated thanks to the collaboration of partners and local experts to whom we want to express our deepest gratitude. ECEC…
In the UK, new guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) aims to improve access to high quality contraceptive services, especially for young people up to the age of 25. Recommendations on emergency contraception (EC) include: ensuring that young women (and young men) know where to obtain free EC; informing…
The European label for the EC product Norlevo has been updated with two major changes. In keeping with current evidence, the new label now says that LNG EC works by interfering with ovulation, and the language about the possibility that LNG EC might prevent implantation of a fertilized egg has been removed. The second change…
September 2020. This past month of July, the Swiss Interdisciplinary Group of Experts on Emergency Contraception (IENK) updated its position paper, originally published in 2014, in order to reflect new recommendations and research findings (as of April 21st, 2020). The paper is available in French and German, and also directly from Santé Sexuelle Suisse (IENK‘s member)…
March 22, 2020. The Executive Committee and Secretariat of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC) announced this past week that, in order to safeguard against COVID-19 and the spread of the coronavirus, the 16th Congress of the ESC (Dublin May 13th-15th 2020) has been postponed until further notice. See https://escrh.eu/event/16th-esc-congress/ for further information. …
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…
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