Richard Adanu (University of Ghana, Ghana), Eliana Amaral (State University of Campinas, Brazil), Jean-Jacques Amy (European Society for Contraception and Reproductive Health, Belgium), Sharon Cameron (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [United Kingdom]), Tsungai Chipato (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe), Roger Chou (Oregon Health Sciences University, United States of America [USA]), Jacqueline Conard (Hôpital Universitaire de Paris – Hôtel Dieu, France), Maria del Carmen Cravioto (National Institute of Nutrition Salvador Zubiran, Mexico), Marc Dhont (Ghent University Hospital, Belgium), Alison Edelman (Oregon Health Sciences University, USA), Faysel El-Kak (American University of Beirut, Lebanon), Mohammed Eslami (Ministry of Health and Education, Islamic Republic of Iran), Karima Gholbzouri (Ministry of Health, Morocco), Gathari Gichuhi (Jhpiego, Kenya), Anna Glasier (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), Andy Gray (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), Philip Hannaford (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom), Caitlin Kennedy (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Pisake Lumbiganon (Khon Kaen University, Thailand), Francesca Martínez (Institut Universitari Dexeus, Spain) Olav Meirik (Institute Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva, Chile), Suneeta Mittal (Fortis Memorial Research Institute, India), Herbert Peterson (University of North Carolina, USA), Maria Ascunsion Silvestre (University of the Philippines, the Philippines), Regine Sitruk-Ware (Population Council, USA), Marja-Riitta Taskinen (University of Helsinki, Finland), Tran Son Thach (University of Adelaide, Australia), Carolyn Westhoff (Columbia University, USA), Wu Shangchun (National Research Institute for Family Planning, China).
Evidence Secretariat
Erin Berry-Bibee (United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]), Remy Coeytaux (Duke University, USA) Kathryn Curtis (CDC), Tara Jatlaoui (CDC), Kavita Nanda (FHI 360), Chelsea Polis (United States Agency for International Development [USAID]), Halley Riley (CDC), Naomi Tepper (CDC), Rachel Peragallo Urrutia (University of North Carolina, USA).
Partners
European Medicines Agency (EMA) – Peter Arlett, Corinne de Vries, Julie Williams
International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) – Maria Papadopoulou
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) – Hamid Rushwan
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – Sennen Hounton
United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Lisa Soule
United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Alicia Armstrong, Trent MacKay
USAID – Patricia MacDonald, James Shelton
External Peer Review Group
Anna Altshuler (Stanford University, USA), Parnian Andalib (Ministry of Education, Islamic Republic of Iran), Paul Blumenthal (Stanford University, USA), Vivian Brache (Profamilia, Dominican Republic), Caroline Phiri Chibawe (Ministry of Health, Zambia), Roy Jacobstein (EngenderHealth, USA), Helle Karro (Tartu University, Estonia), Vinit Sharma (UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office, Thailand), Bulbul Sood (Jhpiego, India), Elizabeth Sullivan (University of Sydney, Australia), Nonkosi Tlale (UNFPA, Lesotho), Ilze Viberga (University of Latvia, Latvia), Eliya Zulu (African Institute for Development Policy, Kenya).
WHO Secretariat
WHO headquarters
Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products – Nicola Magrini, Lembit Ragu
Department of HIV – Rachel Baggaley
Department of Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence & Injury Prevention – Maria Alarcos Cieza Moreno
Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health – Nigel Rollins
Department of Reproductive Health and Research – Moazzam Ali, Keri Barnett-Howell (volunteer), Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Shannon Carr (volunteer), Monica Dragoman, Mario Festin, Mary Lyn Gaffield, Rajat Khosla, Caron Kim, Sharon Phillips, Maria Rodriguez, Theresa Ryle, Petrus Steyn, Marleen Temmerman, Teodora Wi
WHO regional offices
WHO Regional Office for Africa – Léopold Ouedraogo
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean – Ramez Mahaini (unable to attend)
WHO Regional Office for Europe – Gunta Lazdane
WHO Regional Office for the Americas (Pan American Health Organization) – Suzanne Serruya
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia – Arvind Mathur
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific – Wen Chunmei
Overall coordination
WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research – Mary Lyn Gaffield. Theresa Ryle provided coordination and logistic support.
Writing
The first draft of the guideline was written by Erin Berry-Bibee, Kathryn Curtis, Monica Dragoman, Mary Lyn Gaffield, Tara Jatlaoui, Caron Kim, Halley Riley and Naomi Tepper. Drafts were reviewed and input was provided by members of the Guideline Development Group, peer reviewers and WHO Secretariat staff. The 14 systematic reviews providing summarized evidence for the guidance were co-authored by Erin Berry-Bibee, Remy Coeytaux, Kathryn Curtis, Monica Dragoman, Mary Lyn Gaffield, Philip Hannaford, Vic Hasselblad, Tara Jatlaoui, Caron Kim, Evan Myers, Kavita Nanda, Sharon Phillips, Chelsea Polis, Elizabeth Raymond, Halley Riley, Petrus Steyn, Naomi Tepper, Abigail Norris Turner, Rachel Peragallo Urrutia and Daniel Westreich. The GRADE tables and expertise on GRADE methodology were provided by Roger Chou. Statistical expertise for meta-analyses was provided by Rochelle Fu. Technical and copy-editing were provided by Jura Editorial Services (jura-eds.com) and Green Ink, United Kingdom (greenink.co.uk).
Funding
The development of this guideline was financially supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
