Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

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Injectable contraceptives

 

Cochrane

• Cochrane Library
  • Depot medroxyprogesterone versus Norethisterone oenanthate for long-acting progestogenic contraception
  • Combination injectable contraceptives for contraception

Guatemala

• World Health Organization
  • Community-based providers in rural Guatemala can provide the injectable contraceptive DMPA safely : Social science policy brief [2009]

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Medical Journal
  • Bone loss associated with long-term use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate [2005]

International

• Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
  • How to Introduce and Scale Up Subcutaneous DMPA (Sayana Press): Practical Guidance from PATH Based on Lessons Learned During Pilot Introduction [2018]

Kenya, Rwanda

• Global Health: Science and Practice
  • Policy and programmatic considerations for introducing a longer-acting injectable contraceptive: perspectives of stakeholders from Kenya and Rwanda [2014]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
  • Monitoring the Introduction of Subcutaneous DMPA [2018]

Uganda

• Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
  • Evaluation of a Disposable Needle-Removal Device in Uganda: A HealthTech Report [2005]

United Kingdom

• Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
  • Progestogen-only Injectable Contraception [2015]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Long-acting reversible contraception: subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) [2014]

United States of America

• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate and Bone Effects [2014]

• Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
  • Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate and Bone Mineral Density in Adolescents—The Black Box Warning: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine [2006]

Articles in journals

• BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Self-administration of injectable contraceptives: a systematic review [2016]

• Contraception
  • The safety of subcutaneously administered depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (104mg/0.65mL): A systematic review [2016]
  • Towards the development of a longer-acting injectable contraceptive: past research and current trends [2015]

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  • Hormonal contraception
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