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In Guinea, you can purchase condoms and birth control pills at pharmacies without a prescription.<<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other forms of birth control, such as implants, injectables, and IUDs, you may need to directly visit a hospital or clinic to obtain them. | In Guinea, you can purchase condoms and birth control pills at pharmacies without a prescription.<<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other forms of birth control, such as implants, injectables, and IUDs, you may need to directly visit a hospital or clinic to obtain them. | ||
In 2016, it was estimated that about 11% of women in Guinea (who were married/in unions and between the ages of 15-49) were using any form of contraception, including traditional methods. It should be understood that modern contraceptive methods are not very popular, with only a small percentage of women using modern methods, on average. The most common forms of contraception were condoms (about 2.5% of women), injectables (about 2% of women), pills (about 2% of women), and female sterilization (about 1% of women). Other modern methods, such as implants IUDs, were used by less than 1% of women each. Some women used traditional methods, such as rhythm method (about 1% of women) and withdrawal (less than 1% of women)..<ref name=un2019_guinea>[https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/ContraceptiveUseByMethodDataBooklet2019.pdf United Nations: Contraceptive Use By Method DataBooklet 2019]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||