
Contraception - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年9月25日 · This includes supporting contraceptive services through effective government policies and the provision of high-quality services for individuals. WHO is working to promote contraception by producing evidence-based guidelines on safety and service delivery of contraceptive methods and on ensuring human rights in contraceptive programmes.
Family planning/contraception methods - World Health …
Between 2000 and 2020, the contraceptive prevalence rate (percentage of women aged 15–49 who use any contraceptive method) increased from 47.7 to 49.0% (5). The proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15–49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (SDG indicator 3.7.1) is 77.5% globally in 2022, a ...
Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
2015年2月3日 · Overview . This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, presents current WHO guidance on the safety of various contraceptive methods for use in the context of specific health conditions and characteristics.
Emergency contraception - World Health Organization (WHO)
2021年11月9日 · Sexual assault when the woman was not protected by an effective contraceptive method. When there is concern of possible contraceptive failure, from improper or incorrect use, such as: condom breakage, slippage, or incorrect use; 3 or more consecutively missed combined oral contraceptive pills or 3 days late during the first week of the cycle;
Contraception. Evidence brief - World Health Organization (WHO)
2019年11月12日 · Promotion of family planning – and ensuring access to preferred contraceptive methods for women, girls and couples – is essential to securing the well-being and autonomy of women, while supporting the health and development of communities.
WHO revises recommendations on hormonal contraceptive use …
2019年8月29日 · The World Health Organization (WHO) has revised its guidance on contraceptive use to reflect new evidence that women at high risk of HIV can use any form of reversible contraception, including progestogen-only injectables, implants and intrauterine devices (IUDs), without an increased risk of HIV infection.
Medical eligibility criteria wheel for contraceptive use
2016年6月1日 · This wheel contains the medical eligibility criteria for starting use of contraceptive methods, based on Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 5th edition (2015), one of WHO’s evidence-based guidelines. It guides family planning providers in recommending safe and effective contraception methods for women with medical conditions ...
Promoting contraception choice for every individual
2022年6月22日 · The variety in preferences in family planning vary across cultures. Furthermore, contraceptive preferences and the approach to family planning is likely to change throughout a person’s life, especially throughout the several decades of fertility. Pregnancy preventions is influenced by life circumstances as well. An adolescent will have different needs than an adult, …
Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use
2016年1月1日 · This document, Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use, third edition (SPR third edition), is the second cornerstone; it provides guidance for how to use contraceptive methods safely and effectively once they are deemed to be medically appropriate. For recommendations issued in the SPR, safety considerations include common ...
Contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV
2019年8月29日 · The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a Guideline Development Group (GDG) meeting from 29 to 31 July 2019 to review global guidance on contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV acquisition to and determine whether revisions to the fifth edition of the Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC) were needed. The ...