Johannes Bitzer (Editor-in-Chief) chose the following paper as highlight from the latest issue of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care: Living with the new coronavirus: How can a society cope with uncertainty Johannes Bitzer DOI: 10.1080/13625187.2020.1772968 This article is open access. Check also our ESC COVID-19 information...
Women in poorest countries at greater risk of unintended pregnancy and lack access to safe and legal abortion care services New estimates, published in The Lancet Global Health, and jointly authored by the Guttmacher Institute and HRP, show a worldwide decline in unintended pregnancies since 1990-1994. Over the same period, the proportion of...
Sexual function and quality of life of women adopting the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS 13.5 mg) after abortion for unintended pregnancy Salvatore Caruso, Stefano Cianci, Salvatore Giovanni Vitale, Valentina Fava, Silvia Cutello & Antonio Cianci Bleeding patterns for the Liletta® levonorgestrel 52 mg intrauterine system Courtney A. Schreiber, Stephanie...
The 2019 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) have been released by Clarivate Analytics and we are very pleased to announce that The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health's 2019 Impact Factor has risen to 1.575! We owe special thanks to our team of Editors, Reviewers and...
According to a BBC report, direct sales of EC pills in pharmacies fell by 50% from March to April 2020. Prescriptions for EC pills issued by NHS clinics, declined by around 20%. Read the full news piece from the BBC here. Check out the ESC Covid-19...
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly just adopted Resolution 2331 (2020) “Empowering women: promoting access to contraception in Europe”. The Assembly calls on Council of Europe members and observer States to: As regards the response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Consider access to contraception including emergency contraception as essential...
Johannes Bitzer (Editor-in-Chief) chose the following paper as highlight from the latest issue of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care: Oestrogen-free oral contraception with a 4 mg drospirenone-only pill: new data and a review of the literature Santiago Palacios, Pedro-Antonio Regidor, Enrico Colli, Sven Olaf...
During the COVID-19 pandemic it may be difficult to see women within the stipulated time for renewal of contraceptive prescriptions. Prioritizing the limited time slots for on site visits for women in need of new prescriptions/placements is likely to prevent the highest number of unplanned...
May 2020 Contraception Atlas Europe Achievements The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (https://www.epfweb.org) has produced the Contraception Atlas each year since 2017. The Atlas brings together data so that contraceptive services provided by European countries can be directly compared. Scores are assigned for...