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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]
On November 6, emergency contraceptive sales were up almost 1,000 percent, with birth control sales up 50 percent, and new patient emergency contraceptive sales up 1,650 percent.
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.
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.
Levonorgestrel is a hormonal medication which is used in a number of birth control methods. [7] [11] It is combined with an estrogen to make combination birth control pills. [12] As an emergency birth control, sold under the brand names Plan B One-Step and Julie, among others, it is useful within 72 hours of unprotected sex.
The risk of thromboembolism varies with different types of birth control pills; compared with combined oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel (LNG), and with the same dose of estrogen and duration of use, the rate ratio of deep venous thrombosis for combined oral contraceptives with norethisterone is 0.98, with norgestimate 1.19, with ...
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]