For more on the debate on Depo-provera, check out: http://groups.msn.com/DepoProveraUsers/depoproverapetition.msnw World Population Day, Womens' Bodies and My Friend Sangini July 12, 1998, Kathmandu Post Sushma Joshi A man is holding a large needle and seems to be stabbing it into the figure of a woman. Below, there is a larger depiction of a hypodermic syringe. The large red letters say simply: The three month needle. There is no other information on these large advertisements that have started appearing in strategic places around Kathmandu, like bus-stops and pharmaceutical shops. The billboards are advertisements for a synthetic hormonal contraceptive to control fertility - female fertility. No alternatives to Depo-provera (we assume that this is what the advertisements are referring to) are given. Side-effects, of which there could be many, are not mentioned. No information is given about conditions like diabetics and previous jaundice cases that could make it unsafe f...
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