"Expanding knowledge and access
to emergency contraception"
"Expanding knowledge and access to emergency contraception in Europe"
October 2021. Last week, the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) launched a report on access to contraception during the COVID-19 pandemic in 46 European countries. The report concludes that countries that usually prioritize and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), took measures to ensure continued access to contraception during…
November 2020. Last April, Unisanté published “Remise de la contraception d’urgence en pharmacie : une étude qualitative sur l’expérience des clientes”, the report of a qualitative research exploring the opinions and perceptions of young women who obtained EC in community pharmacies in Switzerland. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted between April and August 2019 with 30 women…
On May 24, 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced completion of a review of the existing data related to the efficacy of EC and body weight, concluding that the data do not warrant a change to product labels: “The FDA has completed a review of available scientific data concerning the effectiveness of levonorgestrel (LNG)…
On May 15th, the Health Committee of the Bundestag (German parliament) resolved not to remove the prescription status of LNG EC. The coalition currently in office (CDU and FDP), turned down the request by the SPD and Die LINKE parties to change LNG to prescription-free status. The political parties that requested the change of status claim…
March 2023. Since 2010, USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM), collects data on national contraceptive security policies. In collaboration with ECEC and ICEC, GHSC-PSM just published a brief that highlights trends and recent findings from survey data specific to emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), including: The data shows that overall,…
October 2020. ECEC’s mission is to expand access to and knowledge of emergency contraception (EC) in Europe, within a broader sexual and reproductive health and rights approach. Our work does not occur in a vacuum: ensuring access to EC is just one of the many measures necessary for people to be able to exercise sexual…
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