Advancing contraceptive technology

Enhancing the appropriateness, effectiveness, safety, availability and delivery of technologies for health and family planning.

Advancing contraceptive technology involves: (1) research and development of new methods of contraception; (2) clinical trials on contraceptive products; (3) provision of technical assistance in initiating local production of health and contraceptive technologies; (4) encouragement of the growth of companies involved in providing family planning and sexual health products that meet the needs of people in developing countries; (5) bridging the gap between technologies of the developed world, and family planning needs of the developing nations – improve availability, effectiveness, safety, consumer acceptance and continued use of contraceptive products in developing countries.

1. Using reproductive technology
2. Sustaining industrial innovation
3. Improving family planning
4. Improving
5. Enhancing scientific and technological research
6. Developing new products
7. Developing international competence in population planning
8. Advancing techniques
9. Advancing family planning
10. Advancing-Inconveniencing
11. Promoting-Demoting

1. Monitoring contraceptive failure
2. Improving male contraceptive methods

1. Reducing individual fertility
2. Publicizing family planning methods
3. Promoting contraceptive use
4. Encouraging family planning schemes

1. Using innovative management techniques
2. Reviewing advances in medical technology
3. Funding population programmes
4. Evaluating family planning

1. Promoting natural family planning

1. Prohibitive cost of contraceptives
2. Inadequacy of contraceptive methods
3. Health hazards of artificial birth control

1. Self-control
2. Regulation
3. Infertility
4. Fertility