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Progestin-Only Injectables


Q.11 Can progestin-only injectables be safely initiated and resupplied only by doctors?

Recommendations

Rationales
a) No. Injectable progestins (including immediate postpartum injection in non-lactating women and post-abortion injection) can be safely administered by service providers (e.g., nurses, midwives, pharmacists, community-based distribution (CBD) workers, and others) who are appropriately trained according to relevant national or institutional standards. a) Nurses, midwives, and other community health workers can be appropriately trained to initiate and resupply injectable progestins.
  1. Injectable Contraceptives: Their Role in Family Planning Care. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1990.
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