Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use (Third Edition 2016)

Background

The Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use (SPR) provides guidance regarding “how” to use contraceptive methods safely and effectively. The goal of the document is to improve access to, and quality of, family planning services by providing policy-makers, decision-makers and programme managers with recommendations that can be used for developing or revising national guidelines on the provision of all hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine devices, barrier methods, fertility awareness-based methods, male and female sterilization, and emergency contraception. 

This document does not provide rigid guidelines but gives recommendations that provide a basis for rationalizing the provision and use of various contraceptives in view of the most up-to-date information available.

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Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (Fifth edition 2015)

Introduction

This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, presents current World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on the safety of various contraceptive methods for use in the context of specific health conditions and characteristics. This is the fifth edition of the MEC – the latest in the series of periodic updates.

 

In the MEC, the safety of each contraceptive method is determined by several considerations in the context of the medical condition or medically relevant characterstics; primarily, whether the contraceptive method worsens the medical condition or creates additional health risks, and secondarily, whether the medical circumstance makes the contraceptive method less effective. The safety of the method should be weighed along with the benefits of preventing unintended pregnancy. 

This fifth edition of the MEC is divided into two parts. Part I describes how the recommendations were developed and Part II contains the recommendations and describes how to use them. The recommendations contained within this document are based on the latest clinical and epidemiological data. Several tools and job aids are available from WHO and other sources to help providers use these recommendations in practice.

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Family planning: A Global Handbook for providers 2018 Edition

This book, Family Planning:  A Global Handbook for Providers, offers technical information to help health care providers deliver family planning methods appropriately and effectively. It incorporates and reflects the Medical Eligibility Criteria and the Selected Practice Recommendations as well as other WHO guidance. 

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WHO report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2020

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World Health Statistics 2020 (WHO) Report

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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the first treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization. The WHO FCTC is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health. The WHO FCTC represents a paradigm shift in developing a regulatory strategy to address addictive substances; in contrast to previous drug control treaties, the WHO FCTC asserts the importance of demand reduction strategies as well as supply issues. 

The WHO FCTC was developed in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic. The spread of the tobacco epidemic is facilitated through a variety of complex factors with cross-border effects, including trade liberalization and direct foreign investment. Other factors such as global marketing, transnational tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, and the international movement of contraband and counterfeit cigarettes have also contributed to the explosive increase in tobacco use. 

From the first preambular paragraph, which states that the “Parties to this Convention [are] determined to give priority to their right to protect public health”, the WHO FCTC is a global trend-setter. 

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Ministry of Health and Population guideline for conducting health related program at local level

Ministry of Health and Population guideline for conducting health related program at local level

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प्रदेश स्तरमा संचालन गरिने कार्यक्रमहरुको कार्य संचालन मार्गदर्शन (Guideline for conducting programs at Province Level)

प्रदेश स्तरमा संचालन गरिने कार्यक्रमहरुको कार्य संचालन मार्गदर्शन

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स्थानिय तहमा संचालन गरिने कार्यक्रमहरुको कार्य संचालन मार्गदर्शन (Ministry of Health and Population Guideline for conducting programs at Local Level)

स्थानिय तहमा संचालन गरिने कार्यक्रमहरुको कार्य संचालन मार्गदर्शन

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