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Comment on the essential features required for an ideal contraceptive.

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Comment on the essential features required for an ideal contraceptive.

List any four characteristics of an ideal contraceptive.

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Solution

An ideal contraceptive should be: 

  1. User-friendly
  2. Easily available
  3. Effective
  4. Reversible
  5. No or least side-effects
  6. Should not interfere with the sexual drive, desire or sexual act of the user
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