Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Integrating the Standard Days Method (SDM) through Public and Private Sector Partnerships in India

This fact sheet details CEDPA/India's work with the Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) at Georgetown University on the Standard Days
Method (SDM), a fertility awareness-based method to increase choice and address the large unmet need for family planning that exists around the world. It is appropriate for women with menstrual cycles between 26 and 32
days, who use CycleBeads, a color-coded string of beads representing the menstrual cycle, to help her to identify her fertile days (days 8- 19), during which she is advised to avoid unprotected intercourse.

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Date Published: 1 September 2005

Document Type: Briefs & Fact Sheets

Issue: Family Planning & Reproductive Health

Languages: English

Country: India

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