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Updates on contraceptive technology. Part 2

Mario Festin

Training course in family planning 2018

November 19, 2018 - Geneva

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Festin M. Updates on contraceptive technology. Part 2. Paper presented at: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research; 2018 Nov 19; Geneva.

Topics covered

1. IUDs (copper bearing)
2. LNG IUS
3. Male and female condoms
4. Other barrier methods
5. Fertility awareness, lactational amenorrhea
6. Emergency contraception
7. Tubal libation and vasectomy
8. Other methods

Relevant online documents

• World Health Organization Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP), Knowledge for Health Project. Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers (2018 update). Baltimore and Geneva: CCP and WHO, 2018.
• WHO. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use- Fifth edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.
• WHO. Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use- Third edition 2016. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016.