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Up-to-date evidence and best practices related to the Intrauterine Device

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Contraceptive Needs of HIV-Infected Women: The Role of IUDs

[Full Text: Contraceptive needs of HIV positive women, 20 slides, 829 kb]

Summary: This PowerPoint presentation lays out the challenges presented by HIV and the contraceptive needs of HIV-positive women. It briefly highlights the characteristics of the IUD, as the IUD can be an option for HIV-positive women. The presentation also covers changes to the WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for IUDs in 2004, which now state that IUDs can be used by women at risk of or currently infected with HIV.

Source: McGinn, E. (2004). Published by Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.