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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Kyrgyzstan, you should be able to purchase oral contraceptives (birth control pills) without a prescription at pharmacies.<ref>[Conversation with a Bishkek pharmacist, April 2018]</ref> | |||
In 2015, it was estimated that 42% of women (who are married/in unions and of reproductive age) in Kyrgyzstan use some form of contraception, and about 17% of women have unmet family planning needs. This is below the average rate of contraceptive use in Central Asia, which is 57%. The most common contraceptive methods were found to be IUDs (22%), male condoms (10%) and birth control pills (4%). There were low usage rates for traditional methods (2%), female sterilization (1%) and withdrawal (1%). Meanwhile, less than 1% of women used contraceptive injectables or the rhythm method, and there was no recorded usage of male sterilization, female barrier methods or contraceptive implants.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | In 2015, it was estimated that 42% of women (who are married/in unions and of reproductive age) in Kyrgyzstan use some form of contraception, and about 17% of women have unmet family planning needs. This is below the average rate of contraceptive use in Central Asia, which is 57%. The most common contraceptive methods were found to be IUDs (22%), male condoms (10%) and birth control pills (4%). There were low usage rates for traditional methods (2%), female sterilization (1%) and withdrawal (1%). Meanwhile, less than 1% of women used contraceptive injectables or the rhythm method, and there was no recorded usage of male sterilization, female barrier methods or contraceptive implants.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* In Kyrgyzstan, you should be able to purchase '''oral contraceptives (birth control pills)''' without a prescription at pharmacies.<ref>[Conversation with a Bishkek pharmacist, April 2018]</ref> Some of the brands you can expect to see are Belara<ref>[Conversation with a Bishkek pharmacist, April 2018]</ref>, Ovidon, Microgynon and Rigevidon.<ref>[http://ec.princeton.edu/ Princeton EC Website]</ref> | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
* At one Bishkek pharmacy, a box of Belara pills cost 970 soms.<ref>[Conversation with a Bishkek pharmacist, April 2018]</ref> | |||
==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ==Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)== | ||