Contraceptive Methods

K4Health Highlights
October 10, 2012
New website for the Global Handbook

Simone Parrish
JHU∙CCP | Web Products Manager

We are delighted to introduce the new website for Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers, at www.fphandbook.org. The Handbook is one of K4Health's flagship publications, and we wanted it to have a website that did it justice.
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September 26, 2012
Multipurpose Prevention Technologies: Finding the right fit

Cassandra Mickish
JHU∙CCP | Communications Specialist

Last Friday the 2012 Global Health Mini-University was a successful exchange of best practices and new innovations. I attended one particularly interesting presentation about the development of multipurpose prevention technologies—new methods that simultaneously prevent pregnancy, HIV, and other STIs, such as HPV (human papillomavirus), HSV (herpes), syphilis, chlamydia, and others. Currently options for multipurpose prevention are limited to the male and female condom, but these methods do not meet the needs of every person, in every country, and in every situation.
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Women of the World
September 26, 2012
World Contraception Day: Unmet Need and the Numbers

Rebecca Shore
JHU∙CCP | Communications Specialist

Worldwide 222 million women have an unmet need for modern contraceptives. That means of those women wanting to delay or prevent pregnancy, 222 million are not using contraceptives.

This number is burned into my brain, 222 million. Let’s put this in perspective. Currently in the US, there are roughly 156 million women, so the number of women worldwide without access to contraceptives is greater than the entire population of women in the US.

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July 31, 2012
Dr. Jim Shelton's Pearls: Oral Emergency Contraceptive

Jim Shelton
USAID | Science Advisor for the Bureau of Global Health

Dr. Jim Shelton's Pearls is an occasional series by USAID’s Global Health Science Advisor that answers commonly asked questions about family planning.

Originally posted on September 1, 2010.

Question: I understand the FDA has approved a new emergency contraceptive (EC). Can you please tell me about it?

Answer: Yes, on August 13, 2010 the FDA approved ella (ulipristal acetate) as a new oral emergency contraceptive. Some of its attributes:
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June 08, 2012
Dr. Jim Shelton's Pearls: Contraceptive Implants for Young Women

Jim Shelton
USAID | Science Advisor for the Bureau of Global Health

Dr. Jim Shelton's Pearls is an occasional series by USAID’s Global Health Science Advisor that answers commonly asked questions about family planning.

Question: Contraceptive implants are becoming very popular in our program here [at USAID], but we are especially concerned about unintended pregnancy among young women. Do you think they are suitable and popular for young women?
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