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With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, Family Health International (FHI) has used the most recent version of World Health Organization’s Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptives (2004, updated 2008) to develop a series of easy-to-use screening checklists to help clinical and non-clinical providers determine if a woman is medically eligible to initiate use of any of four popular contraceptive methods: combined oral contraceptives (COCs), injectables (DMPA and NET-EN), the copper intrauterine device (IUD), and implants. A fifth checklist, entitled "How to Be Reasonably Sure a Client Is not Pregnant," enables providers to rule out pregnancy among nonmenstruating women seeking to initiate a contraceptive method at the time of their visit. These women may otherwise be denied contraception by providers who rely on the presence of menses as an indicator that a woman is not pregnant.
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