The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its MEC guidance on contraceptive method eligibility for women at high risk of HIV transmission, based on the results of the recent ECHO study.
Month: August 2019
FP2020 Special Edition: Youth Takeover
For this issue, we’re turning the newsletter over to young people themselves to tell their own stories: sharing what this partnership has meant to them, how they think it can improve, and their own experiences with family planning and childbirth. For the first time, every article and every interview in our newsletter was written and edited by someone under 30.
Controversy Erupts Around Study on Contraception and HIV Risk
A landmark study evaluating HIV risk and hormonal contraception is under fire, with critics arguing the trial was ethically flawed from the start and that its results may limit already narrow birth-control options for African women.
