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Health & Social Policy University of Texas at Austin

An Unconventional Approach to Expanding Student Health, Wellness and Privacy

Post author By Heidi Kahle
Post date April 12, 2018
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The University of Texas at Austin campus. (Tamir Kalifa for The Texas Tribune)

In 2007, The University of Texas at Austin made local news headlines when it made Plan B available over-the-counter at the Forty Acres Pharmacy on campus. At the time, Plan B, a popular type of emergency contraceptive, or EC, was only available directly from a pharmacist or with a prescription. The move to improve access to this […]

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Global Policy Studies & International Security Health & Social Policy

Expansion of the IUD in Ethiopia

Post author By Meredith Maulsby
Post date August 19, 2014
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While IUDs have become a course of controversy and new restrictions in the US, the Government of Ethiopia is actively trying to expand access to IUDs and other long term birth controls to women all over the country. In 2005 the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia began a Health Expansion Program that created paid and […]

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