The world’s most widely used oral contraceptive Microgynon® Fe is currently available on the Rwandan market for an affordable price.
The new price enables middle-income couples to access a quality, affordable family planning product.
Microgynon® Fe is now available in pharmacies at a significantly lower price as a result of an innovative public-private partnership between Bayer HealthCare and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The partnership is designed to make more affordable family planning choices available to women through the private sector and address the growing demand for contraceptives and the overall sustainability of supply.
Family planning allows couples to plan their families as they desire, reduces the risks from unwanted and/or high-risk pregnancies, and improves the health of mothers and their children by allowing time between pregnancies.
After the introduction of Microgynon® Fe in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda, the Bayer-USAID partnership will expand the initiative to several more Sub-Saharan countries by 2014.
USAID’s Mission Director in Rwanda, Dennis Weller, emphasized the importance of public-private partnerships in helping governments meet their Millennium Development Goals.
“We are pleased that this important initiative between USAID and Bayer HealthCare is being extended to Rwanda. The private sector has an important role to play in contributing to sustainable development, and in this case, by ensuring that Rwandan women have access to a sustainable supply of quality, affordable oral contraceptives.”
“Combined oral contraceptives are 99% effective when used consistently and correctly. It also provides women with a reversible method that is easy to discontinue and has a rapid return to fertility.
Microgynon® Fe is being used by millions of women around the world and is well known and trusted by medical professionals”, said Danny Mutembe, Chief Pharmacist and Deputy Director General, Pharmacie Conseil.
Women interested in finding out more information about Microgynon® Fe should talk with their nearest private healthcare provider.
Microgynon® Fe is manufactured in Germany by Bayer HealthCare and imported to Rwanda by Surgipharm Rwanda, Ltd.
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