Family Planning Can Significantly Reduce The Risk of Maternal, Newborn, Infant, and Child Illness
Family Planning Can Significantly Reduce The Risk of Maternal, Newborn, Infant, and Child Illness
Family Planning Can Significantly Reduce The Risk of Maternal, Newborn, Infant, and Child Illness
and death by preventing a high-risk pregnancy in women with certain health conditions or
characteristics, or by preventing an unplanned pregnancy. Women typically welcome pregnancy
and childbirth, especially when planned.
Methods of contraception include oral contraceptive pills, implants, injectables, patches, vaginal
rings, Intra uterine devices, condoms, male and female sterilization, lactational amenorrhea
methods, withdrawal and fertility awareness based methods.
Monthly injectables or combined Prevents the release of eggs from the ovaries
injectable contraceptives (CIC) (ovulation)
Combined contraceptive patch Prevents the release of eggs from the ovaries
and combined contraceptive (ovulation)
vaginal ring (CVR)
Copper component damages sperm and prevents
Intrauterine device (IUD): copper
it from meeting the egg
containing
Thickens cervical mucous to block sperm and egg
Intrauterine device (IUD)
from meeting
levonorgestrel
Forms a barrier to prevent sperm and egg from
Male condoms
meeting
Method How it works
Withdrawal (coitus interruptus) Tries to keep sperm out of the woman's body,
preventing fertilization