Study participants who had used medroxyprogesterone acetate - an injectable contraceptive commonly known as Depo-Provera - ...

Last month, the state government had planned to roll out the advanced contraceptive by making it available at civic-run hospitals and select village-level primary health centres (PHCs).

In Kenya, access to family planning and contraception remains critical, with many women facing barriers to accessing quality reproductive health services. These include geographical barriers ...

Nearly two dozen women across the nation have filed lawsuits against a pharmaceutical giant over a contraceptive linked to a ...

Kenya's reproductive health services got a major boost after receiving 450,000 doses of self-injectable contraceptives. The Subcutaneous Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA-SC) contraceptives ...

The long-acting progestogen injectable contraceptives depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and norethisterone enanthate have been found to adversely affect bone mineral density in adult premenopausal ...

A number of daily pills and a long-acting injectable contraceptive are thought to be affected. The problem follows a shortage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women last year.

The drugs used in contraception interfere with the normal process of sperm-ovum fertilization to prevent pregnancy. Contraception involves the use of drugs in the form of oral pills, injectable ...

combined oral contraceptives (COCs), the combined injectable contraceptive (CIC), the combined contraceptive vaginal ring, or the combination transdermal contraceptive patch. The World Health ...