Improving access to quality care in family planning: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, second edition

This book sets out detailed criteria for determining whether individual family planning clients are medically eligible to use, or continue using, a particular contraceptive method. This new edition incorporates all new available evidence on the safety and use of contraceptives, including the relationship between contraception and HIV risk. These medical eligibility criteria were developed to help national family planning programmes update their policies and practices in line with the latest scientific knowledge. In establishing these criteria, WHO aims to help programmes ensure that men and women are protected from the potentioal adverse effects of contraceptives by an adequate margin of safety, while at the same time are not unduly denied a choice of suitable methods.  

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