ICEC and FIGO’s EC Medical and Service Delivery Guidance available in French

ByCristina Puig

June 2020. The fourth edition of ICEC and FIGO’s Emergency Contraceptive Pills Medical and Service Delivery Guidance is now available in French. “Pilules contraceptives d’urgence. Directives médicales et de prestation de services”, originally published in English in December 2018, serves as a key reference and training document for service provision of EC.  The French edition of this guidance as been possible thanks to the support of DKT International.

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