Series B, Number 7
Intrauterine Devices

CONTENTS

Home (Key Points)

The IUD: An Important Method with Potential
Table 1. Overview of IUDs
Figure 1. Most IUD Users Are in China
Web Table 1. Current Use of Contraceptive Methods Reported by Married Women 15-49, 1976-2005
Table 2. Estimated Worldwide Use of IUDs Among Married Women Ages 15–49, 2005

Providing High-Quality IUD Services

Spotlight: Kenya Commits To Renewing Interest in the IUD

Feature: Good Counseling Increases Client Satisfaction

Very Low Overall Risk of Infection with IUDs
Figure 2. Risk of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Greatest in First Few Weeks After IUD Insertion

Box: Evidence Shows Many Women with HIV Can Use IUDs

Minimizing the Risk of Infection

Clinical Characteristics of IUDs
Web Box 1. Managing Problems with IUD Use

Bibliography

Credits

Go to the IUD Toolkit at http://www.iudtoolkit.org for full-text resources, including tools and best practices, on IUDs.

• Checklist: Program Plan for Providing High-Quality IUD Services
• Checklist for Screening Clients Who Want to Initiate Use of the Copper IUD, from Family Health International
• Counseling Aid for Communicating IUD Effectiveness

• IUD Use, STIs, and HIV-Related Conditions: 2004 WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria
• Do IUDs Increase the Risk of PID in Women with STIs?

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Counseling Aid for Communicating IUD Effectiveness

The Paling Palette© below is a visual representation of a woman's risk of becoming pregnant during the first years of use of the levonorgestrel-releasing IUD (LNG-IUD) and the TCu-380A IUD. The illustration depicts 1,000 women. Among 1,000 women 1 to 3 would become pregnant while using the LNG-IUD (125, 214), or 3 to 8 would become pregnant using the TCu-380A (214, 216, 249). Family Planning providers can use such tools with their clients to help show the risks of pregnancy visually rather than with numbers, which can be difficult to grasp. If a woman is considering the TCu-380A, for example, providers can point out that 992 and 997 women of 1,000 would not become pregnant during the first year of use.

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IUDS Are Highly Effective

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