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Bibliographic Info

GuidelineConsolidated guideline on sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV
Year of Publication2017
Issuing InstitutionWHO

Recommendation

Status
Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Women living with asymptomatic or mild HIV clinical disease (WHO stage 1 or 2) can use the following hormonal contraceptive methods without restriction: combined oral contraceptive pills (COCs), combined injectable contraceptives (CICs), contraceptive patches and rings, progestogen-only pills (POPs), progestogen-only injectables (POIs; depot medroxyprogesterone acetate [DMPA] and norethisterone enanthate [NET-EN]), and levonorgestrel (LNG) and etonogestrel (ETG) implants (MEC Category 1). Women living with asymptomatic or mild HIV clinical disease (WHO stage 1 or 2) can generally use the LNG-intrauterine device (MEC Category 2) (Part I, section 12b).

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