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Questions and answers: study of hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition.(Interview)
How widely is hormonal contraception used?
Worldwide, about 84 million women currently married or in union use combined oral contraceptives (COCs) and about 24 million such women use the injectable depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). Many other women not currently married or in union also use these contraceptive methods. (1)
What are COCs?
Most oral contraceptives contain both progestin and estrogen and thus are called combined oral contraceptives. The COCs used in this study were low dose (30 micrograms estrogen, 150 micrograms levonorgestrel) monophasic pills.
What is DMPA?
DMPA, known commercially as Depo Provera, is ...
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