Access to emergency contraception: A review of challenges and perspectives around the world

This paper presents a review of the programmatic efforts in Africa, Asia and Latin America to make emergency contraception available around the world, the main challenges service provider organizations have faced and the strategies that have been used to overcome these challenges. We synthesize the advocacy, training, IEC and product distribution strategies that have proven more effective in the different contexts, the resources that programs have found more useful and the degree to which these activities have made EC known to women in different countries in the three regions. The paper builds on a review of the literature and three regional papers commissioned to consultants who got in contact with programs in different countries.