DMPA SC does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) or other sexually transmitted diseases. Injection site reactions such as injection site pain, injection site tenderness, injection site nodules, ...

Seattle, April 12, 2018--Evidence published today on a new contraceptive option is providing one possible answer to an age-old question in family planning: how to address barriers that make it ...

Contraceptive injections are long-lasting forms of contraception, usually through the use of depot preparations of progestin medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). They are touted to be highly effective ...

I have had young women discontinuing their injections of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) for a length of time (months) or stopping it altogether because they have been told that a woman ...

To compare longitudinal changes in weight, body fat, and ratio of central to peripheral fat mass among first-time depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) users to women using no hormonal ...

A National Dissemination Event of Key Findings on “A National Policy Landscape Analysis on DMPA SC as Self-Injection in Pakistan” took place on July 27, 2023, organized by RIZ Consulting and Jhpiego.