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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* In Ghana, you can purchase emergency (morning after pill) without a prescription at pharmacies. Some brands you can expect to find are NorLevo 1.5mg (take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex) and Pregnon (take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). | * In Ghana, you can purchase emergency (morning after pill) without a prescription at pharmacies. Some brands you can expect to find are NorLevo 1.5mg (take 1 pill within 120 hours after unprotected sex) and Pregnon (take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex).<ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/worldwide/ Princeton EC Website]</ref> | ||
* If you can't access dedicated emergency contraception, you can use birth control pills as replacement EC instead. To do this with progestin-only pills, you can take Ovrette (take 40 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). To do this with progestin-estrogen combined pills, you can take Lo-Femenal or Microgynon-30 (take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later). For combined pills with in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used. | * If you can't access dedicated emergency contraception, you can use birth control pills as replacement EC instead. To do this with progestin-only pills, you can take Ovrette (take 40 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex). To do this with progestin-estrogen combined pills, you can take Lo-Femenal or Microgynon-30 (take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later). For combined pills with in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used.<ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/worldwide/ Princeton EC Website]</ref> | ||
* [http://lydiacaresgh.com/ Lydia] provides emergency contraception (called "Lydia PostPil") to women in Ghana. Check out the website for details. | * [http://lydiacaresgh.com/ Lydia] provides emergency contraception (called "Lydia PostPil") to women in Ghana. Check out the website for details. | ||