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YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Report of Regional Workshop on Emergency Contraception, December 3-5, 1996,

the Taj Mahal Hotel, Lucknow, India.

AUTHORS

Population Council. Regional Office for South and East Asia

SOURCE

New Delhi, India, Population Council, South and East Asia Regional Office, 1996.

ABSTRACT

This document summarizes a 1996 workshop on emergency (postcoital) contraception (EC) in India that sought to 1)

share experiences on use of EC in developing and developed countries and 2) identify how EC can be used in India.

The 53 participants represented India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Kenya, Viet Nam, Pakistan, the UK, and the US. The

workshop opened with a session that gave an overview of fertility and of contraceptive needs in India and introduced

the concept of EC with 1) a description of the Yuzpe regimen, the levonorgestrel-only regimen, and the insertion of

copper-bearing IUDs and 2) a discussion of side effects, safety, effectiveness, and social concerns. Next, studies

were presented that described experience with EC in developing and developed countries. The workshop continued

with a discussion of the need for emergency contraception in Asia that considered issues related to sex behavior

and sexuality in Asia. This was followed by updates on the current status of EC in India that covered indications that

the Indian government does not want EC to be a substitute for contraception and that reviewed current research and

identified a comprehensive research agenda. Then, women's health advocates expressed their concerns and

identified ways to address them. The workshop ended with working groups that made specific recommendations on

research needs, ways to increase India's readiness for EC, and policy issues. The workshop report ends with a list

of participants and a copy of the agenda. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2062-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Report of Regional Workshop on Emergency Contraception,

December 3-5, 1996, the Taj Mahal Hotel, Lucknow, India.", is(are) Population Council. Regional Office for South

and East Asia. The source of this article is "New Delhi, India, Population Council, South and East Asia Regional

Office, 1996. 24 p.". This article was published in 1996 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 2062-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7062

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