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Updates on contraceptive technology. Part 1

Mario Festin

Training course in family planning 2018

November 12, 2018 - Geneva

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Festin M. Updates on contraceptive technology. Part 1. Paper presented at: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research; 2018 Nov 12; Geneva.

Topics covered

1. Combined oral contraceptives
2. Injectable contraceptives, progestin-only
3. Injectable contraceptives, combined
4. Hormonal implants

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.