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PRIORITYMEASURE44
“Guarantee effective access to awide range of culturally relevant, scientifically sound, modern contraceptivemethods, including emergency oral contraception.”
Possible lines of action
1. Institute information and counselling programmes on family planningmethods and on free and timely access to suchmethods; 2. Have
clear mechanisms for participation by indigenous peoples and other cultures of the country, adolescents and young people in the
formulation of contraception and family planning programmes; 3. Eliminate the legal or administrative barriers that impede universal and
timely access to emergency contraception; 4. Promotemeasures to reduce unwanted pregnancies.
Targets
1. All primary healthcare centres have implemented information and counselling protocols on family planning methods with an
intercultural focus; 2. Fill the unmet demand for family planningmethods; 3. Ensure universal access to emergency contraception.
Tentative indicators
1. Percentage of primary healthcare centres that have implemented information and counselling protocols on modern family planning
methods, including emergency oral contraception, with an intercultural focus; 2. Rate of use of contraceptive methods, by method
(modern or traditional); 3. Percentage of sexually active women who report satisfied demand for methods to postpone maternity or to
space out or limit the number of children; 4. Existence of information systems to monitor the supply and logistical handling of
contraceptives; 5. Percentage of health centres that canguarantee availability of oral emergency contraception.
Related instruments,
forums andmechanisms
SDG 3, “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”; target 3.7: “By 2030 ensure universal access to sexual and
reproductive health care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health
into national strategies andprogrammes”.
Comments
This priority measure is complementary to PM 14 which establishes the need for a legal framework for emergency oral contraception
without a prescription, PM 12 on timely and good quality services for adolescents and young people, and PM 37 on universal access to
good quality sexual and reproductive health services. It is also complementary to PM 87 and PM 95 on the right to health, including
sexual and reproductive health, of indigenous peoples andAfro-descendants, respectively.
Ideally, the proposed indicators should be disaggregated at least by ethnicity, age and area of residence.
