FRONTIERS PROJECT
Introducing Emergency Contraception (EC) in Bangladesh

In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, this study pilot-tested the introduction of emergency contraception (EC) in Bangladesh. Researchers also assessed the demand, cost, and acceptability of this method.

FRONTIERS and ORG-MARG Quest Ltd., a market research firm in Bangladesh, found that EC fulfills a large unmet demand, and that Bangladeshi women are willing to pay for the method. After EC use, 92 percent of the women in the study reverted to the method they used previously or adopted a new type of contraception. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is scaling up the introduction of EC in 17 of 64 districts with its own resources. Further, EC is now being extended to the entire country as part of the National Family Planning Program (see "Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills to the National Level in Bangladesh").

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Location

Bangladesh

Duration

November 1999–May 2003

Population Council researchers

M.E. Khan, Ubaidur Rob, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain

Non-Council collaborators

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

ORG-MARG Quest Ltd.

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources on this project

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Related Project

• Scaling Up Emergency Contraceptive Pills to the National Level in Bangladesh

See Also

• Bangladesh

• Emergency Contraception

• Contraception

• FRONTIERS Bangladesh

• FRONTIERS Emergency Contraception

• FRONTIERS Contraception

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