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Spanish National Health Service fails to fund EC
It was recently reported that the Spanish National Health Service (NHS) does not fund EC nor does it reimburse patients who purchase EC. Furthermore, EC availability is dependent on the regions within Spain, and it is not universally available throughout the country. This issue was raised by Grupo Parlamentario de Unión Progreso y Democracia (UPyD),…
Use of emergency contraception after sexual assault
May 2022. The International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) recommends that EC be immediately offered and available to all female (or trans-male) victims of sexual assault or abuse of reproductive age or stage who choose to use EC as a means of protection from unintended pregnancy. Read the whole position paper “The Use of emergency…
Italy and UK: different ways to address pharmacies objecting EC dispensing
September 2021. BBC3 recently reported the case of two women in the United Kingdom being denied emergency contraception from their local pharmacy, which triggered serious criticism from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) president: “Pharmacy refusal to provide emergency contraception is ‘completely unacceptable’”, said professor Claire Anderson. In 2017, the RPS updated its own guidance on EC prescribing. In…
OTC status for EC recommended in Germany
Following a long debate in Germany over whether LNG EC should have an over the counter status, the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices recommended recently that emergency contraception pills should be available without a prescription. It is now up to the Minister of Health to decide whether he will adopt the recommendation…
RHSC: Data on public procurement of EC from low- and middle-income countries.
April 2023. In December 2022, the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) published The Family Planning Market Report. This report leverages shipment data from 17 participating suppliers to analyze the public-sector contraceptive market in 83 low- and middle-income countries. The public sector is defined as those purchased by public…
UK: Demand to reclassify oral EC
January 2024. In the United Kingdom, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) published a statement calling for the reclassification of oral emergency contraception (EC) from a Pharmacy (P) medicine to General Sales List (GSL), “to enable oral EC to be purchased from general retail outlets, from supermarkets to petrol stations, removing barriers and…