Emergency Contraception (NorLevo program)
Philippines Donation
| Project's type | Awareness pressure and Political exposure |
|---|---|
| Region | Asia |
| Countries | Philippines |
| Project's name | Philippines Donation |
| Project's goal | 1/ Work on people's mentality regarding emergency contraception 2/ Approval of its use, distribution and marketing |
| Partners | - Pacific Institute of Women's Health (PIWH) - Asia-Pacific Network of Emergency Contraception (APNEC) |
| Partners' website | > http://www.piwh.org > http://www.apnec.net |
| Starting date | 2003 |
| Project's description | Situation : the emergency contraception is banned in the Philipines. PIWH aims at conducting a local study in the public channel so as to fight against the prejudices and to show its benefits to the government thus trying to levy the ban. |
| Number of units donated | 10,000 units |
| Current situation | NorLevo has been used in the Philippines by women's clinics of the Women's Health Care Foundation in Metro-Manila and of the Brokenshire Woman Center in Davao City and neighboring cities in Mindanao. Results have been consolidated to inform policy and to develop follow-up action programs among key decision makers to lobby in favor of the registration of EC in the Philippines. |