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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* In Zambia, you can find emergency contraceptive pills (morning after pills) at public sector clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, and NGOS/programs affiliated with the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF). You need a prescription to obtain emergency contraceptive pills. Some of the brands you can expect to find are Lenor 72, Pregnon, and Revoke 72. These brands are produced by Indian pharmaceutical companies and are imported into Zambia. | * In Zambia, you can find emergency contraceptive pills (morning after pills) at public sector clinics, hospitals (such as [http://victoriahospitals.org/ Victoria Hospital], pharmacies, and NGOS/programs affiliated with the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) or [https://mariestopes.org/where-we-work/zambia/ Marie Stopes International - Zambia]. You need a prescription to obtain emergency contraceptive pills. Some of the brands you can expect to find are Lenor 72, Pregnon, and Revoke 72. These brands are produced by Indian pharmaceutical companies and are imported into Zambia. | ||
* If you cannot access dedicated emergency contraceptive pills, you can use regular birth control pills as replacement ECPS. To do this, you can take progestin-only pills, like Microlut or Microval (for these pills, you take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex), or you can take combined progestin-estrogen pills, like Eugynon, Neogynon or Ovral (for these pills, take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 2 more pills 12 hours later), or Lo-Femenal, Microgynon-30 or Nordette (for these pills, take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later). For combined pills, remember that in in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used.<ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC Website]</ref> | * If you cannot access dedicated emergency contraceptive pills, you can use regular birth control pills as replacement ECPS. To do this, you can take progestin-only pills, like Microlut or Microval (for these pills, you take 50 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex), or you can take combined progestin-estrogen pills, like Eugynon, Neogynon or Ovral (for these pills, take 2 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 2 more pills 12 hours later), or Lo-Femenal, Microgynon-30 or Nordette (for these pills, take 4 pills within 120 hours after unprotected sex and take 4 more pills 12 hours later). For combined pills, remember that in in 28-day packs, only the first 21 pills can be used.<ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC Website]</ref> | ||
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===Testing Facilities=== | ===Testing Facilities=== | ||
* [https://mariestopes.org/where-we-work/zambia/ Marie Stopes International - Zambia]: This international NGO provides STI tests. Phone number to talk to advisors: 5600 (toll-free on MTN or Airtel networks) Email: info@mariestopes.org.zm You can also find them on [https://m.facebook.com/MarieStopesZambia/ Facebook] | |||
* Kara Counselling & Training Trust: They have been offering voluntary HIV testing and counseling services since 1992. Address: Hope House, Counselling & HIV Testing, P.O. Box 37559, Lusaka. Phone: +260 1 227 085/87, 229 847. Fax: +260 1 228 948. Email: trainingcentre@zamnet.zm | * Kara Counselling & Training Trust: They have been offering voluntary HIV testing and counseling services since 1992. Address: Hope House, Counselling & HIV Testing, P.O. Box 37559, Lusaka. Phone: +260 1 227 085/87, 229 847. Fax: +260 1 228 948. Email: trainingcentre@zamnet.zm | ||
* [ | * [http://victoriahospitals.org/ Victoria Hospital]: This private health care facility provides a range of STI tests for k250, as of June 2018. Lusaka: +260 95 5255798. +260 21 1290985. Email: victoriahospitalszambia@gmail.com | ||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* If you have a '''yeast infection''', you can get medication to treat it at pharmacies, clinics, or hospitals. For example, at [http://victoriahospitals.org/ Victoria Hospital], a private health care facility, "we have a wide range of medications. from Ciprofloxacin Norfloxacin Levofloxacin and combinations with Ornidazole as treatment for UTIs and Fluconazoles Nystatin Itraconzaoles etc., used for yeast infections. They are prescription-only medication." | |||
* If you want to get '''Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)''', you can get it at [http://victoriahospitals.org/ Victoria Hospital], a private health care facility. They say: "we are an accredited ARV center and prep pep or refills are available 24hrs directly from our pharmacy. Patient has to register see a GP conduct a lab test and obtain meds and be counseled." Lusaka: +260 95 5255798. +260 21 1290985. Email: victoriahospitalszambia@gmail.com | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||