In support of community-based emergency contraception

Community-based family planning is a proven, high-impact practice for extending reproductive health services to women, particularly those is hard-to reach places. Accordingly, many community-based family planning programs facilitate and support the provision of condoms, oral contraceptive pills and even injectable contraceptives by community health workers (CHWs). Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) — a method for which there are no contraindications and the user herself can determine method provided by community health workers.