Family planning points in the Medellin Metro - Medellin - Colombia

In the Medellin Metro, they enabled two planning points, located at the San Antonio and Acevedo stations, to maintain efforts to reduce adolescent pregnancies which, at the local level, exceed 30% in the last two years.

The services will be enabled from Monday to Saturday, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., without prior appointment for women residents of Medellín, between 10 and 28 years old, who are affiliated with Savia Salud, SURA, Nueva EPS , Total Health, Coomeva and Sanitas. The available methods are: injectable, pills or subdermal implant, in addition there will be monitoring in mental health.

“In our campaign against teenage pregnancy, we continue to achieve results: we have achieved a historic reduction since records began in our city and that is why we have set up two new planning points so that more women, up to the age of 28, can access birth control methods. planning. We are waiting for all of you, decide on your body and we are going to further reduce the numbers of adolescent pregnancy”, indicated the social manager of Medellín, Diana Osorio Vanegas.

According to figures from that dependency of the Mayor’s Office, in the capital of Antioquia more than 1,000 cases have been reduced in the last two years, which represents the most important achievement in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy. In addition, during the last year they have reached more than 135,000 people with educational and planning actions.

This strategy is accompanied by a dashboard created with the use of artificial intelligence and data analysis, which through 24,168 records and 92 variables collects information on early motherhood for the last eight years and becomes a predictive instrument for the characterization and prioritization of initiatives, resources and institutional attention.

The Municipal Administration has also arranged the friend line 4444448 and 3007231123 to advise on sexual and reproductive health and assign appointments and support in the contraception process for men and women.

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