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* Tip: Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services include help with family planning, contraception and infertility. | * Tip: Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services include help with family planning, contraception and infertility. | ||
* You should be able to find '''male condoms''' and potentially also '''female condoms''' in Botswana. In 2016, the UNFPA provided health care providers with 450,000 female condoms.<ref>[http://botswana.unfpa.org/news/botswana-introduces-contraceptive-implants Botswana introduces contraceptive implants]</ref> | * You should be able to find '''male condoms''' and potentially also '''female condoms''' in Botswana. In 2016, the UNFPA provided health care providers with 450,000 female condoms.<ref>[http://botswana.unfpa.org/news/botswana-introduces-contraceptive-implants Botswana introduces contraceptive implants]</ref> | ||
* You should be able to find '''oral contraceptives (birth control pills)''' in Botswana. | * You should be able to find '''oral contraceptives (birth control pills)''' in Botswana, such as Norplant. | ||
* You should be able to find '''contraceptive injectables''', such as Depo-Provera, in Botswana.<ref>[http://www.youth-policy.com/Policies/Botswana%20Family%20Planning%20General%20Policy%20Guidelines%20and%20Standards.pdf REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA: Botswana Family Planning General Policy Guidelines and Services Standards - Revised September 1994]</ref> | |||
* You should be able to find '''IUDs''' in Botswana.<ref>[http://www.youth-policy.com/Policies/Botswana%20Family%20Planning%20General%20Policy%20Guidelines%20and%20Standards.pdf REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA: Botswana Family Planning General Policy Guidelines and Services Standards - Revised September 1994]</ref> | |||
* You should be able to find '''contraceptive implants''' in Botswana. Typically, you'll find Jadelle (a progestin-only implant) and Implanon NXT (which has etonogestrel, a synthetic female hormone resembling progesterone)<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201607280247.html Botswana: Ministry of Health Introduces New Contraceptives]</ref> in Botswana. In 2016, UNFPA supported the Ministry of Health in training some local health care providers in the handling of Jadelle implants.<ref>[http://botswana.unfpa.org/news/botswana-introduces-contraceptive-implants Botswana introduces contraceptive implants]</ref> | * You should be able to find '''contraceptive implants''' in Botswana. Typically, you'll find Jadelle (a progestin-only implant) and Implanon NXT (which has etonogestrel, a synthetic female hormone resembling progesterone)<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201607280247.html Botswana: Ministry of Health Introduces New Contraceptives]</ref> in Botswana. In 2016, UNFPA supported the Ministry of Health in training some local health care providers in the handling of Jadelle implants.<ref>[http://botswana.unfpa.org/news/botswana-introduces-contraceptive-implants Botswana introduces contraceptive implants]</ref> | ||
* The '''vaginal ring''' (such as the Nuvaring) is available in Botswana,<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201607280247.html Botswana: Ministry of Health Introduces New Contraceptives]</ref> <ref>[http://www.botswanayouth.com/ministry-of-health-introduces-2-new-contraceptives/ MINISTRY OF HEALTH INTRODUCES 2 NEW CONTRACEPTIVES]</ref> as of 2016, according to reports. | * The '''vaginal ring''' (such as the Nuvaring) is available in Botswana,<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201607280247.html Botswana: Ministry of Health Introduces New Contraceptives]</ref> <ref>[http://www.botswanayouth.com/ministry-of-health-introduces-2-new-contraceptives/ MINISTRY OF HEALTH INTRODUCES 2 NEW CONTRACEPTIVES]</ref> as of 2016, according to reports. | ||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||