The EC wheel: What do you think about it?

ByCristina Puig November 14, 2018January 12, 2019

November 14, 2018. ECEC is conducting a survey to learn more about the use, added value and shortfalls of the EC Wheel. The survey is in English and it only takes about 4 minutes to respond. If you have used the EC Wheel (either in English or French; the printed or the on-line version), we would like to hear your comments and feedback. Please complete our questionnaire here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CBBRWSM.

Thank you for your time and cooperation.

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Ensuring access to EC during COVID-19: Switzerland
ByCristina Puig June 10, 2020December 28, 2020
June 2020. In the past few months, during the lockdown due to COVID-19, there has been uncertainty about access to abortion, STI testing and emergency contraception (EC). In Switzerland, SANTÉ SEXUELLE SUISSE (the umbrella organization of sexual health centres) called upon its members to continue providing sexual and reproductive health counselling and services during the pandemic….
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Refusal to prescribe EC in Italy met with legal action
ByCristina Puig November 13, 2014November 13, 2014
In contrast to the stories of EC refusal we’ve been hearing about in Poland, recent stories of EC refusal in Italy have been met with legal action and consequences. In the province of Pavia, a nurse has resigned following an investigation by the hospital she worked at into why she denied EC access to two…
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Luxembourg: Free contraception, including EC, for women of any age.
ByCristina Puig March 24, 2023March 24, 2023
March 2023. Luxembourg just announced a new policy regarding contraception: all short and long acting reversible contraceptives requiring a medical prescription and irreversible contraceptives will be fully covered without age-limits. Emergency contraception pills will be provided free of cost in any pharmacy, and a doctor’s prescription will not be required for gratuity. This new policy…
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Sexual health, human rights and the law. New report of the World Health Organization
ByCristina Puig June 15, 2015
States have obligations to bring their laws and regulations that affect sexual health into alignment with human rights laws and standards. Drawing from a review of public health evidence and research into human rights law, the report Sexual health, human rights and the law shows how states can support sexual health through mechanisms that are consistent…
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Poland: Increased use of EC pills trough pharmacy prescription.
ByCristina Puig November 26, 2024January 30, 2025
November 2024. More than 11,000 prescriptions for emergency contraceptive (EC) pills have been issued since the introduction, last May, of the pilot program “Pharmaceutical Prescription Regulation for Emergency Contraception” (see https://www.ec-ec.org/poland-pilot-program-for-pharmacy-prescribing-of-ecps/). Sales of emergency contraception showed marked increases, according to the Supreme Chamber of Pharmacy: “Analysing market data from the implemented pilot, we observe a…
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Study: Effect of changes to cost and availability of EC on users’ profiles in an emergency department in Catalunya
ByCristina Puig October 2, 2014October 2, 2014
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,…
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