Sus will be offered the contraceptive system up to R $ 4,000; understand

According to the Ministry of Health, a new method lasts up to three years in the body

The Ministry of Health has announced on Thursday 3, which will make available in the Unified Health System (Sus) GrandeurAn subdomal contraceptive system. According to the folder, the new method will be available from the second half of 2025.

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Until then available only in the private network, the costs of the drug between R $ 2 thousand and R $ 4 thousand and is considered the most effective contraceptive on the market, as it offers long duration, acting Up to three years in the body without the need for interventions.

How it works: The device, which measures about 4 cm, is inserted inside the woman’s arm, therefore it is also known as “contraceptive chip”. Release a hormone called Etonogestrel which is absorbed by the bloodstream, preventing ovulation.

“By 2026, the estimates of the Ministry of Health Distribute 1.8 million devices To serve all women, Be 500 thousand by the end of the year. The investment will be about R $ 245 million “, says the Ministry of Health.

In the next few days, the ordinance that formalizes the incorporation of the contraceptive in Sus should be published. From the publication, the technical areas will have 180 days to make the offer, which provides for passages such as the update of the clinical guidelines, the acquisition and distribution of the aput, the training and qualification of professionals.

“This decision comes as a public policy to transform life. It is another method and represents progress in actions to strengthen sexual and reproductive planning in the country, which must be offered to all people from the Sus“Says the primary health care secretary of the Ministry of Health, Ana Luiza Caldas.

Currently, up, it offers the following contraceptive methods:

• External and internal condoms;
• Rame iud;
• Combined oral contraceptive;
• Oral batteries progestagen;
• Injectable monthly and quarterly hormonal;
• Bilateral vasectomy tied and vasectomy.

Among these, only condoms offer protection against sexual transmission infections.

Source: Terra

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