This document reviews the medical eligibility criteria for use of contraception, offering guidance on the safety of use of different methods for women and men with specific characteristics or known medical conditions. The recommendations are based on systematic reviews of available clinical and epidemiological research. It is a companion guidelin...

Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use.

Previous ed.: 2004.

"A WHO family planning cornerstone."

"Guidance for postpartum use of combined hormonal contraceptives, and for use of the lactational amenorrhoea method among HIV-infected women has been updated since this publication first appeared on the web in 2009."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Address as at 31/3/11: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241563888_eng.pdf.

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