Reproductive Health II: Contraceptive Technology Update
A woman’s ability to space or limit the number of her pregnancies has a direct impact on her health and wellbeing as well as the outcome of her pregnancy. In enabling women to exercise their reproductive rights, family planning programs can also improve the social and economic circumstances of women and their families. The reasons why family planning needs are often not met are varied, but include: poor access to quality services, a limited choice of methods, lack of information, concerns about safety or side-effects and partner disapproval.
Post Graduate School of Public Health, Division Maternal and Child Health-Reproductive Health, Gadjah Mada University is currently addressing some of these needs in working to help:
a) improve the safety and effectiveness of contraceptive methods; and
b) widen the range of family planning methods available to women and men
The course will provide the most current information available in the constantly changing field of contraception and reproductive health service. This course provides a comprehensive overview on contraception presented in twelve (12) modules. This course will feature a question-and-answer session in which participants can interact with the course instructors via face to face or an electronic media. Each of the twelve modules can be viewed independently for course’s credit, which is about 0.17 credit each module; or 2 credits for all modules.