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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
If you need basic consultation on birth control and your options, here are some resources: | |||
* You can visit * [http://www.africanservices.org/asc-ethiopia/clinics/addis-ababa Henry van Ameringen Health and Community Development Center] in Shola Market for services related to reproductive health and family planning, including contraception, in partnership with DKT Ethiopia. | |||
* [https://mariestopes.org/where-we-work/ethiopia/ Marie Stopes Ethiopia]: "The services we provide across Ethiopia include general medical consultation, short, long-acting and permanent methods of contraception, family planning counselling, pre- and post-natal care, child health checks, free condom provision, voluntary testing and counselling on HIV, and STI screening and treatment." Call: 8044 (toll free on certain networks). You can contact them on Facebook: click [https://www.facebook.com/marie.stopes.12 here]. info@mariestopes.org.et. | |||
Here are some of your options for contraception in Addis Ababa: | |||
* You can get male and female '''condoms''' at pharmacies. For a 3-pack of Sensation condoms, you can expect to pay 3 Ethiopian birr. There are also many free or low-cost places to obtain condoms in Ethiopia, which are geared toward Ethiopian nationals. | * You can get male and female '''condoms''' at pharmacies. For a 3-pack of Sensation condoms, you can expect to pay 3 Ethiopian birr. There are also many free or low-cost places to obtain condoms in Ethiopia, which are geared toward Ethiopian nationals. | ||
* You can get '''birth control pills''' at pharmacies and you don't need a prescription. If you want the combined pill (estrogen-progestin), you can ask for " “Estrogen/ progestin pill ifeligallehu” (Amharic) or "“Estrogen/ progestin pill ideli iye” (Tigrigna), which both mean "I want the estrogen-progestin pill." The pills are typically sold in 3-month supplies. Some brands you may see are Microlut, Microval, Eugynon, Neogynon, Ovidon, Lo-Femenal, Microgynon-30 and Nordette. For a 3-month supply of pills, you can expect to 20 to 30 birr. If you're an Ethiopian national, you can probably get birth control pills for free. | * You can get '''birth control pills''' at pharmacies and you don't need a prescription. If you want the combined pill (estrogen-progestin), you can ask for " “Estrogen/ progestin pill ifeligallehu” (Amharic) or "“Estrogen/ progestin pill ideli iye” (Tigrigna), which both mean "I want the estrogen-progestin pill." The pills are typically sold in 3-month supplies. Some brands you may see are Microlut, Microval, Eugynon, Neogynon, Ovidon, Lo-Femenal, Microgynon-30 and Nordette. For a 3-month supply of pills, you can expect to 20 to 30 birr. If you're an Ethiopian national, you can probably get birth control pills for free. |
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