Emergency Contraception (NorLevo program)
Catalyst project
| Project's type | Public-private partnerships for introduction of EC |
|---|---|
| Region | Central America |
| Countries | Dominican Republic |
| Project's name | Catalyst Project |
| Project's goal | Access to emergency contraception |
| Partners | - Catalyst consortium - Profamilia DR |
| Partners' website | > http://www.rhcatalyst.org > www.profamilia.org.do |
| Starting date | 2004 |
| Project's description | Emergency contraception is locally ditributed by Profamilia and is split up into 4 sendings of 5 000 units each. Alternatively, the marketing of Norlevo is starting up (via Sued, local distributor of HRA). The private and public channels will benefit from the same training transfers of the promotional items made by Catalyst. |
| Number of units donated | 5,000 units |
| Current situation | Profamilia has not been able to make Norlevo available to resourceless women and the project has unfortunately been suspended in 2005. |