OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge and attitudes about Emergency Contraception among
women of childbearing age in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS: A questionnaire based survey …

Objective Despite the fact that emergency contraceptive (EC) methods have been available
and registered for a long time in Egypt and some other Middle Eastern countries, EC …

Background: The contraceptive prevalence in our environment is very low with attendant
increase in unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion. The use of emergency contraception …

Background: India has traversed a long and arduous path since launching the first ever
Family Planning Programme in the world in 1952. The program has further evolved from a …

Background: Emergency contraception (EC) is indicated after unprotected sexual
intercourse to prevent unintended pregnancy and its harmful consequences. Its optimum …

The aim of this study was to investigate women's knowledge about and attitude toward
emergency contraception (EC) in women who referred to health centers of Tehran University …

In this issue of the journal, Puri et al.[sup][1] reports on the awareness of hormonal
emergency contraception among female college students at Punjab University, Chandigarh …

Objective: Emergency contraception, otherwise known as postcoital contraception, refers to
a group of birth control modalities that, which can reduce the chance of unintended …

The standard method for emergency contraception used to be the Yuzpe regimen, which
consists of two doses of combined oral contraceptive pills at 12h interval. It can prevent 74 …