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    Contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: guidance statement: recommendations on contraceptive methods used by women at high risk of HIV

    World Health Organization.
    The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a Guideline Development Group (GDG) meeting from 29 to 31 July 2019 to review global guidance on contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV acquisition to and determine whether revisions to the fifth edition of the Medical eligibility criteria for...
    Contraception/methods, HIV Infections/prevention & control, Progesterone/therapeutic use, Intrauterine Devices, Medicated
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    Hormonal contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV: guidance statement recommendations on contraceptive methods used by women at high risk of HIV

    World Health Organization.
    The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a technical consultation during 1–2 December 2016 to review new evidence on the risk of HIV acquisition with the use of hormonal contraception. The issue was recognized as a critical one, particularly for sub-Saharan Africa, where women have a high lifetime ...
    HIV Infections, Contraception/methods, Eligibility Determination/methods, Family Planning Services, Women's Health Services
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    Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use

    World Health Organization.
    This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Specifically, it is one of two evidence-based cornerstones (guidance documents) of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) initiative to develop and implement family planning guidelines for national programmes....
    Contraceptive Agents, Female/administration & dosage, Contraceptives, Oral, Combined/administration & dosage, Intrauterine Devices, Natural Family Planning Methods, Vasectomy, Contraception/methods
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    Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use

    World Health Organization.
    This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, presents current WHO guidance on the safety of various contraceptive methods for use in the context of spe...
    Family Planning Services, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Health Services Accessibility, Eligibility Determination, Contraception/methods
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    Health worker roles in providing safe abortion care and post abortion contraception

    World Health Organization.
    Planned and regulated task shifting and task sharing can have a range of benefits. It can ensure a rational optimization of the available health workforce, address health system shortages of specialized health-care professionals, improve equity in access to health care and increase the acceptability of h...
    Abortion, Induced/methods, Contraception, Health Personnel, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Patient Safety/standards
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    Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: guidance and recommendations

    World Health Organization.
    These WHO guidelines provide recommendations for programmes as to how they can ensure that human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled, while services are scaled up to reduce unmet need for contraception. Both health data and international human rights laws and treaties were incorporated into the...
    Family Planning Services, Contraception/methods, Human Rights, Primary Health Care, Access to Information
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