FRONTIERS PROJECT
Introducing Depo-Provera Injectable Contraceptives (DMPA) to Private Medical Practitioners in Urban Gujarat

FRONTIERS worked with the Ministry of Health and the Centre for Operations Research and Training (CORT) to test a model for introducing DMPA in Gujarat. Two-thirds of physicians reported that their training on DMPA was very useful and that they changed their clinical practices as a result. Most physicians regularly counsel patients on DMPA and techniques for managing common side effects. By the third month, only 27 percent of women were still using DMPA, but more than half of discontinuers had switched to another method. Researchers also noted that women were willing to pay for DMPA injections.
 

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Location

Gujarat, India

Duration

April 2000–August 2001

Population Council researcher

Dale Huntington

Non-Council collaborators

DKT India

EngenderHealth

Centre for Operations Research and Training (CORT)

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type. 

2003
“Introducing DMPA injectable contraceptives to private medical practitioners in urban Gujarat,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

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See Also

• India

• Contraception

• Reproductive Health
• FRONTIERS India
• FRONTIERS Contraception

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