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K Series
Series K, Number 7
Injectables and Implants

Implants: The Next Generation

How family planning programs and providers can prepare to provide new contraceptive implants

CONTENTS

Home (Key Points)

New Implants Can Expand Access
 Table 1. Comparing Implants
Table 2. Continuation Rates for New Implants
Table 3. Estimated Worldwide Use of Implants

Box: Which New Implant to Introduce?

Spotlight: From Norplant to Jadelle: Smooth Transition in a Dominican Republic Clinic

Preparing to Offer New Implants

Spotlight: Training Nurses Increases Implant Use in Ghana

Box: Information and Communication Technology Supports Implant Programs

Meeting Demand for New Implants Requires Supply and Access
 Table 4. Key Resources for Program Managers and Providers of Implants

Bibliography

Credits

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Box: What Clients Should Know  About Insertion and Removal
INFO Reports: “Implants: Tools for  Providers”

Quick Look
Table 1: Comparing Implants
Table 4: Key Resources for  Program Managers and Providers of Implants

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Web Table 1. Major Donors’ Shipments: Quantities and Costs of Implants and Other Contraceptive Methods
IPPF, USAID, and UNFPA purchases of selected contraceptive commodities for their global reproductive health programs

Method

Quantity

Value (in US$)

Average Cost per Piece

Implants

270,105

$7,468,738

$27.65

Foam/jelly spermicides (cans/tubes)

4,003

$8,004

$2.00

Injectables

42,146,561

$39,895,740

$0.95

IUDs

1,231,568

$1,082,601

$0.88

Female condoms

8,543,685

$5,696,128

$0.67

Progestin-only contraceptive pills (cycles)

18,728,250

$5,455,239

$0.29

Combined oral contraceptives (cycles)

109,499,616

$29,876,663

$0.27

Emergency contraceptive pills (doses)

938,295

$235,794

$0.25

Vaginal foaming tablets/suppository spermicides (pieces)

1,601,000

$87,581

$0.05

Male condoms

718,246,704

$27,625,523

$0.04

Total

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$117,432,011

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Adapted from: RH Interchange, 2007 (86)

 

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