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The missing male pill

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The Missing Male Pill

Hattie Garlic looks at one of the biggest inequalities in global health, the missing male pill. An international trial sponsored by the World Health Organization was cancelled suddenly in 2011 because of side effects experienced by the male participants. Emily Glastonbury is a 32-year-old woman from Manchester who has struggled with finding the right contraception for her family. She says it's not just a physical toll that contraceptives can take on you: It's a mental load as well.

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