Doing Things Differently: What It Would Take to Ensure Continued Access to Contraception During COVID-19

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Summary of Assumptions Used for COVID-19 Disruption Scenarios^a

Current Contraceptive Method Used	What We Assumed Would Happen With Minimal Disruption to Services	What We Assumed Would Happen With High Disruption to Services
LARC	Half of women due for removal would continue to use their method beyond the labeled duration. For the remaining, half of replacement use would still be LARC, with the rest distributed across injectables and other self-care methods.	Nearly all women due for removal would continue to use their method beyond the labeled duration. For the rest, replacement use would mostly consist of self-care methods.
Injectable (not self-administered)	Half of women would continue to access their reinjections, with some women shifting to self-injection. Remaining users would switch to other self-care methods.	Only a small share of women would continue to access reinjections, with some women switching to self-injection. Remaining users would switch to other self-care methods.
Pill	The vast majority of pill users would continue to use pills. Users may be given advanced provision of 6 or 12 cycles to limit their need to return.	The vast majority of pill users would continue to use pills. Users may be given advanced provision of 6 or 12 cycles to limit their need to return.
Condom	The vast majority of condom users would continue to use condoms. A small share would switch to other self-care methods.	The vast majority of condom users would continue to use condoms. A small share would switch to other self-care methods.