Spain: EC use drops due to the pandemic
July 2021. According to the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), use of emergency contraception pills dropped among women aged 25 to 30 and 35 to 40, from 38% to 2,7. Read more here:
July 2021. According to the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), use of emergency contraception pills dropped among women aged 25 to 30 and 35 to 40, from 38% to 2,7. Read more here:
On November 21st 2014, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended that the EC pill containing ulipristal acetate, be made available without the need for a prescription in all European Union countries. EMA recommendation should be implemented in a few months, once it has been endorsed by the European Commission. For further information, please read EM’As…
A study by Cristina Trilla, Raquel Senosiain, Joaquim Calaf, and Juan José Espinós entitled “Effect of changes to cost and availability of emergency contraception on users’ profiles in an emergency department in Catalunya” was recently published in The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care. The study examined whether free-of-charge EC access within the Public Health System,…
December 2023. The National Health Statistics Report num. 195 offers valuable information about emergency contraception (EC) use and the general profile of EC users in the United States (US) during the period 2015-2019. Here is a snapshot: In the United States: Read the whole report here https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr195.pdf
May 2020. Gedeon Richter launched the Russian, Latvian and Spanish version of the 3-D animation video, which provides a clear and easy-to-understand explanation of the mechanism of action of emergency contraception pills. The video, originally published in English in 2016, is available for use in educational programas and trainings on this YouTube channel, and also…
(October 5, 2016) Gideon Richter released a new video that provides a very clear and easy-to-understand explanation of the mechanism of action of EC. This video, which incorporates 3-D animation, can be found here and is available for use in educational programas and trainings.
August 2022. The Asia Pacific and the European EC consortia (APCEC and ECEC) are organizing a casual gathering within FIAPAC’s upcoming conference, to talk about emergency contraception (EC). Please join us for lunch at the 14th FIAPAC Conference in Riga, on September 10th for a conversation on how to scale up access to emergency contraception…
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