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ECafrique

The African Forum on Emergency Contraception, or ECafrique, is a bilingual, international network of health care and business professionals that seeks to increase the availability of high-quality emergency contraception (EC) services in Africa.

The African Forum on Emergency Contraception, or ECafrique, was established in 2002 under the auspices of the Population Council. A bilingual, international network of health care and business professionals from more than 200 institutions, ECafrique seeks to increase the availability of high-quality emergency contraception (EC) services in Africa. The network operates in French and English and functions as a nonpolitical, voluntary association, mindful of Africa’s broad ethnic, cultural, and political diversity.

ECafrique supports research, advocacy, and service-delivery interventions at the country level, and it disseminates information on improving access to high-quality EC services regionally. It publishes a quarterly journal in French and English, the ECafrique Bulletin, covering critical EC issues (offsite link).

Recent activities include:

Publication of the thematic newsletter “EC as a Bridge,” exploring efforts to link EC users with other methods and services.
Development of an EC handbook for national programs.
Production of articles, papers, and country case studies about EC.
Development of an online database of information, education, and communication materials (offsite link) used in Africa.

ECafrique has provided small grants and support to EC projects across Francophone and Anglophone Africa to increase EC access and to build local capacity to design, implement, and evaluate EC projects. Each grant recipient participates in an intensive proposal-development workshop and receives ongoing technical assistance from ECafrique staff over the life of the project. ECafrique currently operates projects in 11 African countries.

Offsite link: ECafrique

"Current Population Council projects on emergency contraception, 2009" fact sheet (PDF)
Publication date: 2009

ECP handbook: Introducing and mainstreaming the provision of emergency contraceptive pills in developing countries (PDF)
Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Khan,M.E.; Vernon,Ricardo; Keesbury,Jill; Askew,Ian; Townsend,John W.; Rumbold,Victoria
FRONTIERS Manual
Publication date: 2009

Guide pour les pilules de contraception d'urgence : Introduire et développer l'offre des pilules de contraception d'urgence dans les pays en voie de développement (PDF)
Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Khan,M.E.; Vernon,Ricardo; Keesbury,Jill; Askew,Ian; Townsend,John W.; Rumbold,Victoria
Guide de FRONTIERS
Publication date: 2009

Mainstreaming EC in Africa: The EC facilitative re-granting program: Final narrative report (PDF)
Keesbury,Jill; Liambila,Wilson; Niang Faye,Youmane; Rumbold,Victoria
Publication date: 2009

Mainstreaming emergency contraception in Kenya (PDF)
Keesbury,Jill; Liambila,Wilson; Obare,Francis; Kuria,Paul
Final Project Report
Publication date: 2009

Emergency contraception: Health care providers quick reference guide (PDF)
Publication date: 2008

Mainstreaming emergency contraception in Ethiopia's public sector: Final project report (PDF)
Keesbury,Jill; Aytenfisu,Hailegiorgis; Bradford,Spike
Publication date: 2007

Male involvement in EC/L'implication des hommes dans la contraception d'urgence (PDF)
ECAfrique bulletin 4(1): 1-16
Publication date: 2006

EC and young people/La jeunesse et le EC (PDF)
ECAfrique bulletin 3(1): 1-20
Publication date: 2005

Defining quality of care/Définir la qualité des soins (PDF)
ECAfrique bulletin 2(3): 1-16
Publication date: 2004

EC and care for sexual assault/EC et soins des agressions sexuelles (PDF)
ECAfrique bulletin 2(2): 1-16
Publication date: 2004

In the private sector/Quid de secteur privé? (PDF)
ECAfrique bulletin 2(1): 1-16
Publication date: 2004

"Ex Africa semper aliquid novi" (PDF)
ECAfrique bulletin 1(1): 1-20
Publication date: 2003