The EECO project is designed to support the introduction of new and improved contraceptive methods that address method-related reasons for non-use and better meet the reproductive health needs of women and girls.

The EECO program will produce roadmaps for introducing and creating demand for new, woman- initiated family planning methods. Pilots in Zambia, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, and Nigeria provide women with greater choice to prevent unplanned pregnancy through access to new barrier methods, a hormone- releasing intrauterine system, and an intra-vaginal ring (IVR). The products include the SILCS diaphragm and the Woman’s Condom developed by PATH; Progering, a progesterone contraceptive vaginal ring developed by the Population Council; and a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system developed by Medicines360.