"Expanding knowledge and access
to emergency contraception"
"Expanding knowledge and access to emergency contraception in Europe"
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…
July 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO)/HRP just published Implementation of self-care interventions for health and well-being: guidance for health systems. Aimed at those around the world implementing self-care interventions, the publication reviews WHO’s six health systems building blocks, and looks at the implementation considerations necessary for each. Several country case studies are also included….
In Germany, the discussion continues over whether levonorgestrel-only emergency contraception should be issued in the future without a doctor’s prescription. Currently, a prescription is still needed in order to purchase emergency contrantraception, and only physicians can prescribe it. At a hearing of the Health Committee of the Bundestag in April, testimony was given by health…
April 202. According to UNFPA’s 2021 State of World Population report, published on April 14, nearly half of women in 57 low income countries are denied the right to decide whether to have sex with their partners, use contraception or seek health care. This is the first time a United Nations report focuses on bodily autonomy: the…
Upon request by the manufacturer of ulipristal acetate emergency contraception (UPA EC) pills, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency will consider a proposed change in the classification for supply of UPA EC pills from “medicinal product subject to medical prescription” to “medicinal product not subject to medical prescription”…
Despite the fact that the European Commission recently ruled that ulipristal acetate (UPA) EC pills could be accessible directly from pharmacies without the need for a prescription, the Hungarian State Secretariat for Health indicated that all EC pills will remain prescription-only. The Secretariat claims to base this decision out of patient safety concerns, and because,…
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