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This new handbook offers clinic-based health care professionals the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods. One of the World Heath Organization s Four Cornerstones of Family Planning Guidance, the book has been prepared through a unique collaboration between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the United States Agency for International Development and over 30 organizations around the world.
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Collaborating and Supporting Organizations Abt Associates, Private Sector Partnerships One Project (PSP-One) Academy for Educational Development American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), Nigeria Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) CONRAD Constella Futures East European Institute for Reproductive Health EngenderHealth, ACQUIRE Project Family Health International Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK) Family Planning Association of India (FPA India) Family Planning Organization of the Philippines Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia Fundación Mexicana para la Planeación Familiar, A.C. (MEXFAM) Georgetown University, Institute for Reproductive Health Guttmacher Institute Gynuity Health Projects Hesperian Foundation Ibis Reproductive Health Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Consortium International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) International Consortium for Emergency Contraception IntraHealth International, Inc. JHPIEGO John Snow, Inc. (JSI) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Management Sciences for Health Marie Stopes International Minnesota International Health Volunteers (MIHV) National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN), Indonesia Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) PATH Pathfinder Plan International Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) Population Council Population Reference Bureau Population Services International Princeton University, Office of Population Research Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine University of the Witwatersrand, Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit University of North Carolina School of Public Health University Research Co., LLC Family Planning A GLOBAL HANDBOOK FOR PROVIDERS Evidence-based guidance developed through worldwide collaboration A WHO Family Planning Cornerstone World Health Organization Department of Reproductive Health and Research Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs INFO Project United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Global Health Office of Population and Reproductive Health 2007 Family Planning A GLOBAL HANDBOOK FOR PROVIDERS Contents Forewords.............................................................................................. iv Acknowledgements.................................................................................. vi What’s New in This Handbook?............................................................... viii How to Obtain More Copies of This Book ................................................. x World Health Organization’s 4 Cornerstones of Family Planning Guidance . ....xi 1 Combined Oral Contraceptives..................................................... 1 2 Progestin-Only Pills.................................................................... 25 3 Emergency Contraceptive Pills..................................................... 45 4 Progestin-Only Injectables........................................................... 59 5 Monthly Injectables.................................................................... 81 ........................................................ 101 6 Combined Patch .......