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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* You can find condoms in pharmacies and chain stores. They're very common and easy to find. | * You can find '''condoms''' in pharmacies and chain stores. They're very common and easy to find. | ||
* [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: "We provide both short and long term methods including contraceptive implant, IUD, contraceptive injection and press, condoms, contraceptive pills and voluntary surgical contraception (VSC). Family planning counseling, side effects management and removal services are also available at all of our service delivery points. MSU also markets the LifeGuard condom." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | * [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: "We provide both short and long term methods including contraceptive implant, IUD, contraceptive injection and press, condoms, contraceptive pills and voluntary surgical contraception (VSC). Family planning counseling, side effects management and removal services are also available at all of our service delivery points. MSU also markets the LifeGuard condom." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | ||
* Kampala Hospital Limited: Pills are New Fem, Pill Plan Plus, Microgynon. They cost one thousand shillings. | * Kampala Hospital Limited: Pills are New Fem, Pill Plan Plus, Microgynon. They cost one thousand shillings. | ||
* If you want an IUD, you can get it at Nakasero Hospital: "IUD insertions are done at the hospital at a cost of 80,000shs the whole package and the type used mostly is the (copper T) and also the (Mirena) is available at a cost of 450,000shs Why 450,000shs because it’s not donated while the copper T is and the 80,000shs is for the procedure paid for." | |||
* If you want the contraceptive shot, you can get it Nakasero Hospital for 80,000shs. | |||
* If you want the contraceptive implant, you can get it Nakasero Hospital for 80,000shs. | |||
* if you're a teenager, you can visit [http://www.ntihc.org/service-delivery/family-planning-services/ Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre]: "This service includes free and confidential advice on types of contraception including information about emergency contraception. Contraceptive methods are explained; how it works, advantages and disadvantages. They also provide services for Male condoms, Female condoms, Contraceptive injections, Progesterone only pill (POP), Contraceptive implant, Intrauterine device (IUD), Combined pill (COC), Emergency contraception, Calendar and cycle beads method. | * if you're a teenager, you can visit [http://www.ntihc.org/service-delivery/family-planning-services/ Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre]: "This service includes free and confidential advice on types of contraception including information about emergency contraception. Contraceptive methods are explained; how it works, advantages and disadvantages. They also provide services for Male condoms, Female condoms, Contraceptive injections, Progesterone only pill (POP), Contraceptive implant, Intrauterine device (IUD), Combined pill (COC), Emergency contraception, Calendar and cycle beads method. | ||
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* [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: This is probably the best option for affordable gynecological exams, especially for Ugandan nationals. "MSU works in collaboration with the ministry of health to provide cervical cancer screening to hundreds of thousands of women in Uganda at heavily subsidised service prices." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | * [http://mariestopes.or.ug/services/ Marie Stopes Uganda]: This is probably the best option for affordable gynecological exams, especially for Ugandan nationals. "MSU works in collaboration with the ministry of health to provide cervical cancer screening to hundreds of thousands of women in Uganda at heavily subsidised service prices." Phone: +256 393 263 318/ 0414510337. Email: info@mariestopes.or.ug | ||
* [http://thesurgeryuganda.org/ The Surgery Uganda]: This is one of the best hospitals in Kampala. You can get a gynecological exam (or "well woman service") at this hospital. To do this, you'll need to book an appointment. Consultation is between 85,000 UGX - 105,000 UGX and the pap smear is between 95,000 UGX and 100,000 UGX (as of January 2017). "We are an international medical facility providing affordable, scientific, evidence based health care in the centre of Kampala. We specialize in providing patient orientated general practice services, travel medicine, and 24 hour emergency room care." Note that this is a Christian hospital. | * [http://thesurgeryuganda.org/ The Surgery Uganda]: This is one of the best hospitals in Kampala. You can get a gynecological exam (or "well woman service") at this hospital. To do this, you'll need to book an appointment. Consultation is between 85,000 UGX - 105,000 UGX and the pap smear is between 95,000 UGX and 100,000 UGX (as of January 2017). "We are an international medical facility providing affordable, scientific, evidence based health care in the centre of Kampala. We specialize in providing patient orientated general practice services, travel medicine, and 24 hour emergency room care." Note that this is a Christian hospital. | ||
* [http://www.nakaserohospital.com/ Nakasero Hospital]: This is one of the best hospitals in Kampala (it will probably be more expensive than Marie Stopes). They have an Obstetrics & Gynaecology department, which can give you a gynecological exam. "Nakasero Hospital is a private hospital that was started by a group of Consultant Doctors in 2009 who came together with a goal of setting up a world class hospital that would meet the healthcare needs of Ugandans and East Africans who were seeking medical treatment outside the region, due to the gap in quality healthcare services in the country." PHONE: +256 392 346 153, +256 312 531 400. EMAIL: info@nhl.co.ug. | * [http://www.nakaserohospital.com/ Nakasero Hospital]: This is one of the best hospitals in Kampala (it will probably be more expensive than Marie Stopes). They have an Obstetrics & Gynaecology department, which can give you a gynecological exam. The cost of the gynecological exam is 80,000shs for international Patients and 60,000shs for the Ugandan Nationals. Pap smear is 70,000shs (as of February 2017). "Nakasero Hospital is a private hospital that was started by a group of Consultant Doctors in 2009 who came together with a goal of setting up a world class hospital that would meet the healthcare needs of Ugandans and East Africans who were seeking medical treatment outside the region, due to the gap in quality healthcare services in the country." PHONE: +256 392 346 153, +256 312 531 400. EMAIL: info@nhl.co.ug. | ||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||