References

Medicines and Medical devices (general information) websites sources:

• eMC website: Approved and regulated prescribing information for licensed medicines, Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and Patient Information Leaflets (PILs)  www.medicines.org.uk
• United States National Library of Medicines, National Institution of Human Health: General medicines and Public Health information. http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp

Medicines and medical devices pricing website sources:

• AccessRH:  It is a UNFPA-managed service that aims to improve access to quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health (RH) commodities for low- and middle-income country governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). www.myaccessrh.org
• International Drug Price Indicator Guide:  It contains a spectrum of prices from pharmaceutical suppliers, international development organizations, and government agencies. http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=DMP&language=English

Barrier Contraceptives documents sources:

• Non-latex versus latex male condoms for contraception. Gallo MF; Frimes DA; Lopez MA; Schulz KF.  Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews, 103, 1 (2006): http://apps.who.int/rhl/reviews/CD003550.pdf
• Trends in procurement costs for HIV commodities; a 7-year retrospective analysis of global fund data across 125 countries. Wafula F, Agweyu A, Macintyre K.  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 65, 4 (2014): http://goo.gl/DKJjh8

Emergency contraceptives documents sources:

• Emergency contraception—an update. Gemzell-Danielsson, Kristina; Rabe, Thomas; Cheng, Linan Gynecological Endocrinology 29, 1–14 (March 2013): http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09513590.2013.774591
• Emergency Contraception: A last Chance to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy. J. Trussel, et all.  Office of Population Research, Princeton University (2014): http://ec.princeton.edu/questions/ec-review.pdf
• WHO Emergency contraception Fact sheet.  Fact sheet N°244 (July 2012): http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs244/en/
• Public Assessment Report Mutual Recognition Procedure Levonelle 1500 microgram Tablet. Medimpex UK Limited (2005): http://www.mhra.gov.uk/

Hormonal Contraceptives documents sources:

• Using progestins in clinical practice. Apgar BS; Greenberg G.  Am Fam Physician 65, 8 (2000): http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/1015/p1839.html
• American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Hormonal contraception: recent advances and controversies. Fertility and Sterility 90, 3 (2008): http://www.sart.org/uploadedFiles

Implantable Contraceptives documents sources:

• Subdermal implantable contraceptives versus other forms of reversible contraceptives or other implants as effective methods for preventing pregnancy.    Power J, French R, Cowan F. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2007): http://apps.who.int/rhl/reviews/CD001326.pdf
• WHO Model Formulary (2008): http://www.who.int/selection_medicines/list/WMF2008.pdf

Injectable Hormonal Contraceptives documents sources:

• Rising popularity of injectable contraceptives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adetunji, J.  African Population Studies, 25, 2 (2011): http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?ep11043
• Injectable long-acting progestogen-only contraceptives injection: an update. Kaunitz, AM.  44, 1 (2001): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2001.00023.x/pdf

Intrauterine devices documents sources:

• Popularity Disparity: Attitudes about the IUD in Europe and the United States. Sonfield A. Guttmacher Policy Review Fall (2007): https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/10/4/gpr100419.pdf
• Worldwide use of intrauterine devices for contraception.  d'Arcangues C. Contraception (2007): https://mariestopes.org/sites/default/files/Expanding-contraceptive-choices-for-women-FINAL.pdf
• The efficacy of intrauterine devices for emergency contraception: a systematic review of 35 years of experience.  Cleland K et al. Human Reproduction (2012): http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/7/1994.full.pdf+html
• WHO Model Formulary (2008): http://www.who.int/selection_medicines/list/WMF2008.pdf

Maternal Health documents sources:

• Putting the priorities first: medicines for maternal and child health. Suzanne R Hill.   Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, World Health Organization, Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2012): http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/3/11-088658/en/
• Action program for essential Drugs. Stability of injectable Oxytocics in tropical Climates. WHO Geneva (1993): http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/nextgen_essentialmeds/main.pdf
• Use of Misoprostol for postpartum prevention and treatment. WHO Statement Geneva (2009): http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2009/WHO_RHR_09.22_eng.pdf

Oral Contraceptives documents sources:

•  Half a century of the oral contraceptive pill: historical review and view to the future. Verma P, Dollin J.  Canadian Family Physician 52, 12 (2012): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3520685/pdf/058e757.pdf
• American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Hormonal contraception: recent advances and controversies. Fertility and Sterility 90, 3 (2008):http://www.sart.org/uploadedFiles
• Method of emergency contraception. Cochrane summaries (2013): http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD001324/methods-of-emergency-contraception

International and National Regulatory Authorities sources:

• European Medicine Agency. This links contains the list of the medicines registered in European Medicine Agency: http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/includes/medicines/medicines_landing_page.jsp&mid=
•  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drugs.  This link contains the list of the medicines registered in FDA databases: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/
• WHO - Prequalification of Medicines Program.  This link contains WHO prequalification process and list of prequalified medicines: http://apps.who.int/prequal/
• Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) and Consumer Medicines Information (CMI) and Product Information (PI).  This link contains the medicines authorized by Swissmedic: http://search-au.funnelback.com/s/search.html?collection=tga-artg
• Switzerland, Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products. This link contains the medicines authorized by Swiss Agency for therapeutic Product: https://www.swissmedic.ch/arzneimittel/
• The Norwegian Medicines Agency. This link contains the medicines authorized by Norwegian Medicines Agency: http://www.legemiddelverket.no/English/Sider/default.aspx

Manufactures

•  Cipla  website: www.cipla.com 
• Bayer Pharma / Bayer Schering website: https://www.bayerpharma.com/en/index.php
• Famy Care website: http://www.famyca re.com/en/index.html
• Lupin website: http://www.lupin.com/index.php
• Sandoz website: http://www.us.sandoz.com/index.shtml
• Organon website: www.organon.com
• Gedeon Richter website: https://www.richter.hu/en-US/Pages/default.aspx
• Pharmacia Corporation (Pfizer Inc.) website: http://www.pfizer.com/
• Corporate Channels website:  http://www.evesworld.com/main.htm
• Injeflex Industria website: http://www.injeflex.com.br/english/index.htm
•  Pregna website: www.pregna.com
• SMB Corporation website: http://www.smbcorpn.com/
• Teva Pharma website: http://www.tevapharm.com/Pages/Default.aspx
• Cupid ltd. website: http://www.cupidltd.com/index.php
• Female Health Company website:  http://fhcinvestor.com/home
• Chemo Group website: http://www.chemogroup.com/