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Clinical Trial

Published 2 October 2026

Impact of contraceptive initiation on the cervicovaginal mucosa: results from the UMPALA multicentre, partially randomized patient-preference interventional trial

Betty Njoroge · Nelly Mugo · Carolina Herrera · Karen Dominguez · Louise A. Ouattara · Nazita Yousefieh · Neelima Chandra · Agnieszka Kurczewska · Stephanie Nartey · Julie Lewis · Andrea R. Thurman · Matilda Saina · Raina N. Fichorova · Jacques Ravel · Reem Sharaf Alddin · Nicola Richardson-Harman · Kenneth Ngure · Gustavo F. Doncel

Frontiers in Reproductive Health

doi 10.3389/frph.2026.1882772