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  • Title: A new model for collaboration--making emergency contraceptives available in developing countries.
    Author: Senanayake P.
    Journal: Int J Gynaecol Obstet; 1999 Dec; 67 Suppl 2():S59-65; discussion S67. PubMed ID: 10661742.
    Abstract:
    Private/public-sector collaboration in contraceptive research and development offers a fresh opportunity to consider a holistic approach to making emergency contraception (EC) available in developing countries. Emergency contraception has been available since the 1970s but has remained under-utilized. Emergency contraception may be used by women who want to prevent a pregnancy and therefore has a specific use, in a specific situation. This paper highlights the distinct and reciprocal advantages of a collaborative approach between the Consortium for Emergency Contraception (the public sector) and a pharmaceutical company (the private sector), to the introduction of EC in developing countries. The importance of cultivating a public/private-sector collaborative approach, which serves the interests of both parties concerned, in order to foster progress in this important initiative, is highlighted.
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