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- Family planning contraception methods
Fact sheet on family planning providing key facts and information on benefits of family planning, who provides family planning, contraceptive use, unmet need, contraceptive methods and WHO response
- Contraception - World Health Organization (WHO)
This includes supporting contraceptive services through effective government policies and the provision of high-quality services for individuals WHO is working to promote contraception by producing evidence-based guidelines on safety and service delivery of contraceptive methods and on ensuring human rights in contraceptive programmes
- Birth control methods - Office on Womens Health
Birth control methods Birth control (contraception) is any method, medicine, or device used to prevent pregnancy Women can choose from many different types of birth control Some work better than others at preventing pregnancy The type of birth control you use depends on your health, your desire to have children now or in the future, and your need to prevent sexually transmitted infections
- Condoms - World Health Organization (WHO)
Condoms, when used correctly and consistently, are safe and highly effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV They are the only contraceptive method that can prevent both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as being safe, inexpensive and widely available
- Emergency contraception - Office on Womens Health
Emergency contraception Emergency contraception can help keep you from getting pregnant if you had sex without using birth control or if your birth control method did not work There are two types of FDA-approved emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) Some ECPs can work when taken within five days of unprotected sex or when your birth control does not work correctly Some ECPs are available
- Emergency Contraception - Office on Womens Health
Emergency contraception Emergency contraception can help keep you from getting pregnant if you had sex without using birth control or if your birth control method did not work Emergency contraception is also called the “morning after pill ” But you do not need to wait until the morning after unprotected sex to take it There are two types of FDA-approved emergency contracep-tive pills
- Promoting contraception choice for every individual
The variety in preferences in family planning vary across cultures Furthermore, contraceptive preferences and the approach to family planning is likely to change throughout a person’s life, especially throughout the several decades of fertility Pregnancy preventions is influenced by life circumstances as well An adolescent will have different needs than an adult, or a woman at high risk
- Birth Control Methods - Office on Womens Health
Birth Control Methods Birth control, or contraception, is any method or device used to prevent pregnancy Women can choose from many dif-ferent types of birth control Some work better than others at preventing pregnancy The type of birth control you use depends on your health, your desire to have children now or in the future, and your need to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs
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