pill at some time about their knowledge of appropriate secondary methods of contraception to be used in the event of forgotten pills, severe vomiting, severe diarrhoea, and concurrent antibiotic treatment. Four correct replies were given by 70 (19%) of the 372 patients instructed by general practitioners and 25 (50%) of the 50 instructed in community family planning clinics. This difference was...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study is to determine attitude and associated factors towards the use of methods of protection/contraception. METHODS In August 2008, a study was carried out using a self-administered standardised anonymous questionnaire. It was administered to school-leavers who were attending a study course at Bari University. RESULTS The total number of questionnaires ...

This study aims to analyze the relationship between nutritional status, type and duration of contraceptive pills, 1-month injection Depo Medroxy Progesterone Acetate (DMPA) with menstrual disorders in women childbearing age Kupang City. The method used is a quantitative cross-sectional design. sampling technique was simple random stratified sampling. results showed that there status value (P = ...

• OTC oral contraceptives would represent an important advancement and complement to other strategies to enhance women’s access to the full range of contraceptive methods, but is insufficient as a stand-alone strategy and would be a poor replacement for insurance coverage of contraceptives. R eproductive health programs and key providers of reproductive health care are under siege in the United...

Background: The combined oral contraceptive pill is an extremely effective method of contraception that also confers health benefits beyond pregnancy prevention. Oral contraceptive users have been found to have significantly higher total lung capacities when compared with nonusers. Methods: This study was carried out in Family Planning Centres at social obstetrical unit Baqai Medical University...

CONTEXT Studies suggest that women in some countries have adopted emergency contraceptive pills as a routine method of family planning. This practice indicates there may be latent demand for a pericoital contraceptive pill taken only when a woman has sexual intercourse, and labeled and marketed for use as a regular contraceptive method. METHODS To understand the appeal and potential market fo...

At the beginning of pandemic, policy focused on COVID-19 prevention and control. Health facilities faced disruption temporarily regarding contraceptive services. This study analysed impacts outbreak Family Planning services in Indonesia. Monthly routine statistics from National Population Board service were examined to determine trends Indonesia before during Pandemic January December 2020. The...

The Bangladesh Directorate of Family Planning in collaboration with the Population Council, Pathfinder International and John Snow, Inc. is conducting an operations research project to test the feasibility of introducing Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECP) in the national family planning (FP) program and to answer several operational questions on how to implement the use of ECP efficiently. ECP...

The ovarian reserve (OR) gradually decreases throughout the female fertile life. This continuous depletion in OR is irreversible. This occurs through a programmed cell death known apoptosis. Some factors hasten such depletion such as chemo- and radiotherapy. Others have been investigated in trials to preserve the OR including gonadotropins, cytokines, growth hormones, nitric oxide and reorganiz...