[HTML][HTML] Contraceptive practice in sub-Saharan Africa

AO Tsui, W Brown, Q Li - Population and development review, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Forty eight of the African continent's 54 sovereign states are located in the Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) region, with the government of each defining and shaping its own health …

[HTML][HTML] An updated systematic review of epidemiological evidence on hormonal contraceptive methods and HIV acquisition in women

CB Polis, KM Curtis, PC Hannaford, SJ Phillips… - Aids, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective and design: Some studies suggest that specific hormonal contraceptive methods
[particularly depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)] may increase women's HIV …

[HTML][HTML] US medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2016

KM Curtis - MMWR. Recommendations and Reports, 2016 - cdc.gov
Summary The 2016 US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (US MEC)
comprises recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by women and …

[图书][B] Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use

World Health Organization. Reproductive Health - 2010 - books.google.com
Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use reviews the medical eligibility criteria for
use of contraception, offering guidance on the safety and use of different methods for women …

[HTML][HTML] Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition: an individual participant data meta-analysis

CS Morrison, PL Chen, C Kwok, JM Baeten… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Observational studies of a putative association between hormonal
contraception (HC) and HIV acquisition have produced conflicting results. We conducted an …

Sustained high HIV incidence in young women in Southern Africa: social, behavioral, and structural factors and emerging intervention approaches

A Harrison, CJ Colvin, C Kuo, A Swartz, M Lurie - Current Hiv/aids Reports, 2015 - Springer
Young women in southern Africa experience some of the highest incidence rates of HIV
infection in the world. Across southern Africa, HIV prevalence among women increases …

Hormonal contraceptive use and women's risk of HIV acquisition: a meta-analysis of observational studies

LJ Ralph, SI McCoy, K Shiu… - The Lancet infectious …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background The evidence from epidemiological research into whether use of hormonal
contraception increases women's risk of HIV acquisition is inconsistent. We did a robust …

Association between injectable progestin-only contraceptives and HIV acquisition and HIV target cell frequency in the female genital tract in South African women: a …

EH Byrne, KE Cohen, A Moodley… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The use of injectable progestin-only contraceptives has been associated with
increased risk of HIV acquisition in observational studies, but the biological mechanisms of …

Cervical mucus and contraception: what we know and what we don't

L Han, R Taub, JT Jensen - Contraception, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Cervical mucus varies in response to both natural and artificial hormonal
changes. It is commonly believed that cervical mucus thinning is associated with normal …

Achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health services: the potential and pitfalls for contraceptive services in South Africa

N Lince-Deroche, M Pleaner, C Morroni… - South African Health …, 2016 - journals.co.za
Universal access to sexual and reproductive health services was included in the Millennium
Development Goals and has been carried forward in the new Sustainable Development …