Table 5.
Types of Emergency Contraceptives used by women of reproductive age in Sub-Saharan Africa
| Study | Types of EC use |
|---|---|
| Aziken, Okonta & Ande, 2003 | Combined oral contraceptives, Dedicated levonorgestrel-only pills, Menstrogen, Brown codeine, Ampicillin, Quinine, Ergometrine & Gynaecosid |
| Mqhayi et al, 2004 | All |
| Ikeme, Ezegwui & Uzodimma, 2005 | Postinor |
| Ebuehi, Ekanem & Ebuehi, 2006 | Menstrogen, Postinor, combined oral contraceptives, Levonorgestrel & Noriday |
| Myer et al, 2007 | All |
| Kongnyuy et al, 2007 | All |
| Addo & Tagoe-Darko, 2009 | N-tablets, contraceptive Pills, Postinor, and an IUCD |
| Tilahun, Assefa & Belachew 2010 | ECPs, IUCD & didn’t remember the type. |
| Opoku & Kwaununu, 2011 | All |
| Ahmed et al, 2012 | All |
| Hoque & Ghuman, 2012 | Norlevo, Ovral, Microval, Nordette, IUCD |
| Tesfaye, Tilahun & Girma, 2012 | Progesterone only pills & IUCD |
| Abate, Assefa & Alemayehu 2014 | All |
| Amalba et al, 2014 | All |
| Chin-Quee et al, 2014 | All |
| Morgan, Keesbury &Speizer, 2014 | All |
| Nibabe & Mgutshini, 2014 | All |
| Yam et al, 2014 | All |
| Mane et al, 2015 | All |
| Shiferaw, Gashaw & Tesso, 2015 | Emergency Contraceptive Pills & IUCD |
| Abiodun, 2016 | All |
| Onasoga et al, 2016 | Postinor-2 & Don’t know |
| Hernandez et al, 2017 # | Douching, drinking salted water or sodas, using herbal concoction or even jumping hard, antibiotics, deworming medicines (Décaris, Tanzol) & antimalarial medicines (quinine, tetracycline) |
| Ajayi et al, 2017 | Postinor. Non-EC drugs reported: menstrogen, gynacocied, antibiotics, Cytotec, Andrews liver salt, MNB 760, Alabukun, salt and water, alcohol, lime, potash, and yoyo bitters |
| Rokicki & Merten, 2018 # | Postinor 2 |
| Mishore, Woldemariam & Huluka, 2019 | Pills, IUCD & Implants and Injectable |
| Mohammed, Abdulai & Iddrisu, 2019 | IUCD |
# = Qualitative studies