Argentina-28th Session November 2017-Family planning

Para 49) Guidelines on the provision of immediate post-obstetric contraception were also published in 2022, as one of various strategies intended to widen and improve access to contraceptive methods following childbirth, a caesarean section or an abortion, with an emphasis on offering and administering long-acting methods prior to discharge from the medical facility. Para 56) The Ministry of Health funds and oversees the procurement of short- and long-acting contraceptives, emergency contraceptives and barrier contraceptives, which are distributed throughout the country to ensure that they may be freely obtained in the public health system.