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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Sri Lanka, you can purchase birth control pills without a prescription. You can also access other forms of contraceptives, such as implants, condoms, etc. | |||
Since the 1980s, Sri Lanka has increasingly emphasized reversible contraceptive methods. This helped bring down the total birth rate in the 1990s. In 1987, it was estimated that 31% of Sri Lankan women had unmet family planning needs. By 2007, this dropped to a range between 1.6% (by narrowest definition) to 19.3% (under the broadest definition of unmet needs). | |||
As reported by the Guttmacher Institute: "Within this context, family planning behavior in Sri Lanka has continued to change. Among married women of reproductive age, contraceptive prevalence rose rapidly, from 34% in 1975 to 62% in 1987,25,26 mostly because of increased use of female sterilization and traditional methods (primarily rhythm and withdrawal),27,28 and then increased much less rapidly over the subsequent two decades, to about 70% by 2007.13,26 Reliance on traditional contraceptive methods declined between 1987 and 2007, whereas modern method use increased (from 41% to 53%). This greater reliance on modern contraceptives was facilitated by the increased availability of reversible methods, as reflected by a shift in the ratio of sterilization to reversible modern methods from 3 to 1 in 1987 to 1 to 2 in 2007.26 Thus, even though the more recent increase in contraceptive prevalence was not as dramatic as the earlier one, the decisions and experiences of Sri Lankan women with respect to family planning changed considerably by 2007."<ref>[https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/article_files/4120015.pdf Unmet Need for Family Planning in Sri Lanka: Low Enough or Still an Issue?]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* You can obtain birth control pills in Sri Lanka without a prescription. The leading brand in Sri Lanka is Mithuri, which is a combined oral contraceptive. Other brands you can expect to see are Eugynon, Ovral, Microgest, Microgynon, Mithuri and Nordette. | |||
* You can get a contraceptive implant in Sri Lanka. One of the main brands that people get is Jadelle. | |||
* Some of the best pharmacies in Colombo are Union Chemists (460, Union Place Colombo, WP 02) and Raj Pharmacy (189 W A. Silva Mawatha, Colombo 00600, Sri Lanka). | * Some of the best pharmacies in Colombo are Union Chemists (460, Union Place Colombo, WP 02) and Raj Pharmacy (189 W A. Silva Mawatha, Colombo 00600, Sri Lanka). | ||