New resources in Spanish

ByCristina Puig March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

March 2020. Two recent publications provide good up-dates on emergency contraception (and other methods) in Spanish:

Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) y Facultad de Salud Pública Bloomberg de Johns Hopkins/Centro para Programas de Comunicación (CCP), Proyecto de Conocimientos sobre la Salud. Planificación familiar: Un manual mundial para proveedores. Baltimore y Washington: CCP y OPS, 2019.
Grupo de trabajo de la Guía de Práctica Clínica de Anticoncepción Hormonal e Intrauterina. Guía de Práctica Clínica de Anticoncepción Hormonal e Intrauterina. Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social. Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud; 2019. Guías de Práctica Clínica en el SNS.

Valuable resources for practitioners, advocates and anyone interested in learning more about postcoital contraception.

Canada: warning of unauthorized LNG ECPs sold on-line

ByCristina Puig May 25, 2023

May 2023. Health authorities in Canada issued a warning to consumers about unauthorized versions of levonorgestrel emergency contraception pills (and also other drugs for medical abortion) being sold on-line in the Canadian market. “Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and…

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Japan to pilot switch of LNG EC pills

ByCristina Puig June 27, 2023June 27, 2023

June 2023. Health authorities in Japan announced the piloting of a new modality to dispense emergency contraception (EC) pills through pharmacies. Until now a prescription from a gynecologist was required to buy an EC pill. Only LNG EC pills are available in Japan. The pill and the consultation with the doctor (which is mandatory) cost…

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Impact of OTC EC Access in Switzerland

ByCristina Puig September 3, 2013September 10, 2013

Amid concerns that OTC (over the counter) EC access might result in less efficient use of contraceptive methods, overuse, and riskier sexual behavior, Swiss researchers studied whether the behaviors of EC users have changed since EC was made OTC in 2002. The researchers studied the profiles of EC users in a pharmacy in the city…

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Emergency contraception, an important resource for adolescents

ByCristina Puig November 25, 2014February 17, 2015

This year’s UNFPA State of World Population Report focuses on adolescents and youth inherent human rights. The Report mentions that emergency contraception (EC) is something that adolescents particularly need because they use relatively ineffective methods, do not use contraceptive at all, or are more susceptible to coerced sex. How ever, youth access to EC is…

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

ByCristina Puig June 12, 2020June 30, 2020

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…

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) endorses ECPs dispensing recommendations

ByCristina Puig April 9, 2024April 11, 2024

April 2024. We are thrilled to announce that the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has endorsed the consensus statement published last September by the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC), the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and the European Consortium for Emergency Contraception. The consensus statement recommends…

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