Additional Resources

This section contains direct links to INFO’s (www.infoforhealth.org) collection of materials on each contraceptive method. It includes publications, document searches, PowerPoint Presentations, photos, communication materials, toolkits, and other resources. (For those interested in further research, the main pages for these links are provided below the list of methods.)

Oral Contraceptive Pills | Emergency Contraceptive Pills | Injectables | Implants | Copper-Bearing Intrauterine Device | Female Sterilization | Vasectomy | Male Condoms | Female Condoms | Spermicides and Diaphragms | Fertility Awareness Methods | Lactational Amenorrhea Method | Links for Further Research |

Oral Contraceptive Pills

• Population Reports (Helping Women Use the Pill)
• Population Reports (Oral Contraceptives—An Update)
• Population Reports (New Contraceptive Choices: Oral Contraceptives)
• PowerPoint Presentation (New Contraceptive Choices)
• Global Health Technical Briefs (No Evidence that Contraceptive Pills and Patches Lead to Weight Gain)
• Global Health Technical Briefs (Five Simple Ways to Improve Oral Contraceptive Provision and Use)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—Last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers) 

Emergency Contraceptive Pills

• Population Reports (Oral Contraceptives—An Update) 
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source) 
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Injectables

• Injectables Toolkit
• Population Reports (Expanding Services for Injectables)
• INFO Reports (Injectable Contraceptives: Tools for Providers) 
• Global Health Technical Briefs (     How Family Planning Programs Can Meet Rising Demand for Injectable Contraceptives)
• PowerPoint Presentation (Expanding Services for Injectables)
• PowerPoint Presentaton (New Contraceptive Choices)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Implants

• Implants Toolkit
• Population Reports  (Implants: The Next Generation)
• INFO Reports (Implants: Tools for Providers)
• Global Health Technical Briefs (Contraceptive Implants: Safe, Effective, Long-acting, Reversible)
• PowerPoint Presentation (Implants: The Next Generation)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Copper-Bearing Intrauterine Device

• IUD Toolkit
• E-Learning Course (Global Health eLearning Center Course: IUD—registration required)
• Population Reports (New Attention to the IUD) 
• Population Reports (New Contraceptive Choices: Intrauterine Devices) 
• Global Health Technical Brief (IUDs: A Resurging Method)
• PowerPoint Presentation (New Attention to the IUD)
• Power Point Presentation (New Contraceptive Choices)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Female Sterilization

• Population Reports (Voluntary Female Sterilization: Number One and Growing)
• Population Reports (New Contraceptive Choices: Transervical Female Sterilization) 
• PowerPoint Presentation (New Contraceptive Choices) 
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source) 
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Vasectomy

• Population Reports (Vasectomy: New Opportunities)
• Forthcoming Population Report 
• Global Health Technical Briefs (Vasectomy: Safe, Convenient, Effective and Underutilized)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Male Condoms

• Population Reports (Closing the Condom Gap) 
• Population Reports (New Contraceptive Choices: Condoms)
• PowerPoint Presentation (New Contraceptive Choices)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers  (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool  (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Female Condoms 

• Population Reports (Closing the Condom Gap: Female Condoms)
• Population Reports (New Contraceptive Choices: Condoms)
• PowerPoint Presentation (New Contraceptive Choices)
• Latest Research  (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source) 
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision Making Tool  (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Spermicides and Diaphragms

• Population Reports (New Contraceptive Choices: Supplements)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source) 
• Photos (Spermicies) (One Source)
• Photos (Diaphragms) (One Source)
• Communication materials (Spermicides) (One Source)
• Communication materials (Diaphragms) (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (Spermicides) (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (Diaphragms) (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool  (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Fertility Awareness Methods

• Population Reports (New Contraceptive Choices: Fertility Awareness Methods)
• Global Health Technical Briefs (Standard Days Method: A Simple, Effective Natural Method)
• PowerPoint Presentation (New Contraceptive Choices)
• E-learning Course (Global Health eLearning Center Course: Standard Days Method—registration required)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Photos (One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Lactational Amenorrhea Method  

• Population Reports (Better Breastfeeding, Healthier Lives)
• INFO Reports (Breastfeeding Questions Answered: A Guide for Providers)
• PowerPoint Presentation (Better Breastfeeding, Healthier Lives)
• Latest Research (Documents added to One Source—last 30 days)
• All Documents (Housed in One Source)
• Communication Materials (One Source)
• Questions and Answers (One Source)
• Decision-Making Tool (WHO Counseling Aid for Clients and Providers)

Links for Further Research  

• INFO's Hot Topic Collections
• Population Reports: www.infoforhealth.org/pr/
• INFO Reports: www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/index.shtml
• PowerPoint Presentation: www.infoforhealth.org/materials.shtml
• Global Health Technical Briefs: www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/index.shtml 
• Global Health eLearning Center: http://www.infoforhealth.org/elearning/
• Latest Research, All Documents, Photos, Communication Materials, Questions and Answers: www.infoforhealth.org/onesource.shtml
• Decision-Making Tool: www.who.int/reproductive-health/family_planning/counselling.htm