The aim of this report is to understand how restrictions on movement - such as countrywide lockdowns - and temporal reorganisation of health care systems that countries in Europe implemented to manage the COVID-19 pandemic impacted women's access to contraception, long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).
This report bases itself on a desk review of available literature and media reports and complemented by a survey among partner organisations in 46 European countries to which 30 were able to respond. Key multilateral and non-governmental organisations were also consulted.
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