|
||||||||||||||||||
| Helping pharmacy & health communities improve access to Emergency Contraception (EC) |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
State Profiles6th Annual STATES Meeting addresses critical need to make contraception, STI treatment available in pharmacies Pharmacy Access Partnership, a center of the Pacific Institute for Women’s Health, hosted its Sixth Annual STATES Meeting in San Francisco this May 2008. Participants from 13 states and Canadian provinces representing pharmacy, medical and reproductive rights/advocacy communities convened to network and share lessons learned and best practices to promote access to reproductive health services in pharmacies and other health care settings. Participants discussed myriad collaboration opportunities to advance access to EC and other hormonal contraceptives, STI prevention, and youth services through policy change, media-based efforts, training & educational materials, research projects and work with schools of pharmacy nationally. Many of the current efforts that state-level and national organizations are involved with are referenced here (PDF-40 KB). For more information about the national STATES network or to provide an update on your organization’s current work, please email nmaderas@piwh.org.
|
