Introducing and Mainstreaming the
Provision of Emergency Contraceptive
Pills in Developing Countries
ECP Handbook
ECP Handbook
Introducing and Mainstreaming the Provision of
Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Developing Countries
Sharif M. I. Hossain
M.E. Khan
Ricardo Vernon
Jill Keesbury
Ian Askew
John Townsend
Victoria Rumbold
The information contained in this handbook reflects inputs from several persons in addition to the
authors. Much of the information about EC programming in Africa and in Latin America and the Caribbean
is drawn from reviews of the literature undertaken by Jacinta Muteshi and Araceli Fernandez respectively.
The final draft of the handbook was reviewed by Patricia Stephenson (USAID), Nicole Gray (William and
Flora Hewlett Foundation), Elizabeth Westley (International Consortium for Emergency Contraception), and
Francine Coeytaux (Compton Foundation).
The authors and the Population Council would like to acknowledge the financial support from USAID
and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in producing this handbook and for their commitment to
mainstreaming ECPs in Africa and Asia, and to the Compton and Concept Foundations for their vision and
support to ECafrique.
Acknowledgements
This handbook was made possible by the generous support of the American
people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
under Cooperative Agreement Number HRN A-00-98-00012-00 and by the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation under Project Number 2007-1124. The contents
are the responsibility of the Population Council and do not necessarily reflect the
views of USAID, the United States Government, or the William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation.
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