Second Congress of the Asia-Pacific Council on Contraception (APCOC) The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, Macau, China, December 4-6, 2008 "Contraception for all: how, why, what and when?"
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Session topics   Friday, December 5, 2008   Saturday, December 6, 2008 Non-contraceptive benefits/risks in oral contraception Lee Shulman Non-contraceptive benefits/risks in oral contraception Sue Lo Contraception for women with pre-menstrual syndrome/dysphoric disorder Lorraine Dennerstein Conctraction for women with pre-menstrual syndrome/dysphoric disorder Surasak Taneepanichskul Long-acting methods (injectable, implant, intrauterine) Biran Affandi Long-activing methods (injectable, implant, intrauterine) Ian Milsom Importance of progestogen component in combined preparations Alfred Mueck Importance of progestogen component in combined preparations TBA Non-oral hormonal contraception (patch, vaginal rings, subcutaneous implants) Ian Milsom Non-oral hormonal contraception (patch, vaginal rings, subcutaneous implants) Ritva Hurskainen Reliability of barrier methods Cherng-Jye Jeng Reliability of barrier methods Biran Affandi Contraception for the postpartum woman Grace Wong Contraception for the postpartum woman Im-Soon Lee Contraception for the woman after abortion Im-Soon Lee Contraception for the woman after abortion Mario Festin Contraception and breast cancer (personal history, family history, risk factors) David Cibula Contraception and breast cancer (personal history, family history, risk factors) Alfred Mueck Contraception and risk of vascular disease (venous, arterial, other risk factors, smoking, age) Maureen Cronin Contraception and risk of vascular disease (venous, arterial, other risk factors, smoking, age) Maureen Cronin Contraception and the adolescent girl (methods, compliance, risk of sexually-transmitted infection, legal status) Corazon Raymundo Contraception an the adolescent girl (methods, compliance, risk of sexually-transmitted infection, legal status) Grace Wong Contraception and risk of weight gain (true/false, predisposition,  fat distribution, other factors) Dominic Li Contraception and risk of weight gain (true/false, predisposition,  fat distribution, other factors) Lee Shulman Choice of contraception for the woman with androgenicity (acne, hirsutes) Jamiyah Hassan Choice of contraception for the woman with androgenicity (acne, hirsutes) David Cibula Emergency contraception (methods, availability, educational support) Sue Lo Emergency contraception (methods, availability, educational support) Linan Cheng Formal education for the young girl on sexual behaviour, sexuality and contraception (how young, where and when, how much) Harlina Siraj Formal education for the young girl on sexual behaviour, sexuality and contraception (how young, where and when, how much) Corazon Raymundo Counseling service for contraception (how, where, by whom) Linan Cheng Counseling service for contraception (how, where, by whom) Harlina Siraj Use of evidence to answer questions in contraception (myths, misperceptions, personal bias, media reporting) Mario Festin Use of evidence to answer questions in contraception (myths, misperections, personal bias, media reporting) P.C. Wong Contraception for women over the age of 40 (predisposition, risk factors, benefits, special needs) Ritva Hurskainen Contraception for women over the age of 40 (predisposition, risk factors, benefits, special needs) Dominic Li Contraception and sexually-transmitted infections (including AIDS) Cathrine d'Arcangues Contraception and sexually-transmitted infections (including AIDS) Cathrine d'Arcangues Contraception with intrauterine system of hormone delivery (pharmacokinetics, long-term effects, dose range, size of frame, postmenopausal use) Tapani Luukkainen Contraception with intrauterine system of hormone delivery (pharmacokinetics, long-term effects, dose range, size of frame, postmenopausal use) Tapani Luukkainen