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[143] "roughly 1 in ten teens were incorrectly told they were too young to get [emergency contraception] without a prescription." [140] Uruguay: South America: Adult only [145] Uzbekistan: Asia: Vanuatu: Oceania: 1000 Vatu: Personal experience in Port Vila, Efate 2018 Venezuela: South America †
Family planning is among the most cost-effective of all health interventions. [21] Costs of contraceptives include method costs (including supplies, office visits, training), cost of method failure (ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, induced abortion, birth, child care expenses) and cost of side effects. [22]
According to a 2008 study done by Ike Nwachukwu and Obasi in Nigeria, modern birth control methods were used by 30% of respondents. [ 25 ] The Demographic Health Survey (DHS) of 2013 revealed that a mere 2% of sexually-active girls, between the ages of 15 and 19, use contraceptives. 23% of the girls in this age group have children.
The LEAP (Landscape and Projection of Reproductive Health Supply Needs) Data Report [12] is an interactive data tool that estimates future use and cost of reproductive health supplies in four key health areas – contraception, menstrual hygiene, abortion and post-abortion care, and maternal health. The report looks into what services or ...
Emergency contraception (EC) is a birth control measure, used after sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy.. There are different forms of EC. Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), sometimes simply referred to as emergency contraceptives (ECs), or the morning-after pill, are medications intended to disrupt or delay ovulation or fertilization, which are necessary for pregnancy.
The Society for Family Health (SFH) is a pan-African non governmental organisation (NGO), founded in 1983 and incorporated in 1985. [1]The organisation was founded by three Nigerians, Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Mallam Dahiru Wali, and Hon. Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako.
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This makes it difficult for most working-class individuals to purchase contraception as, in Uganda, condoms can cost as much as 3000 Ugandan shillings (about 0.75 United States dollars). [26] A singular condom would cost half of the monthly income of the average person living in sub-Saharan Africa. [27]