Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use
Second edition
This guide provides guidance on how to provide contraceptives, with the goals of maximizing effectiveness and managing side effects and other problems. The second edition contains 33 recommendations ranging from when to start a method, how to manage problems women experience using certain methods, how to provide emergency contraception, and what clinical exams to perform before a method can be initiated.
2008 UPDATE of the guide
On 1–4 April 2008, WHO convened an expert Working Group in Geneva, Switzerland, to revise the second edition in response to newly published evidence and requests for clarification of specific recommendations from users of the guideline.
This document summarizes the changes made to recommendations related to questions 6, 9, 11, 18 and 22 in the second edition of the Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use. The revised recommendations will appear in the 3rd edition of the guideline when it is published. In addition, this document includes a clarification of the recommendation related to question 17.
Other language versions of the guide
Related publications
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Safety of levonorgestrel-alone emergency contraceptive pills
Fact sheet. March 2010. -
Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
Fourth edition, 2009 -
New recommendations on the safety of contraceptive methods for women with medical conditions: World Health Organization’s Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, fourth edition
International Planned Parendhood Federation (IPPF) Medical Bulletin - Volume 44 Number 1, March 2010