• Highly effective (99.9%). This means that fewer than one woman in every hundred using this method of contraception for a year would become pregnant
  • Long-acting (lasts three years)
  • Reversible and rapid return to usual fertility (most women ovulate within the first month after removal of the implant)
  • Inexpensive – cost effective
  • A small percentage of women have no vaginal bleeding
  • Less period pain for some women
  • No pills – no injections