Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia / RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics, Table of Contents CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2021; 43(07): 579-584DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735185 Febrasgo Position Statement Contraceptive counseling during the pandemic: practical guidelines Number 7 - July 2021 Edson Santos Ferreira Filho 1 Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil , Rogério Bonassi Machado 2 Departamento de Tocoginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Full Text References References 1 Dong E, Du H, Gardner L. An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time. Lancet Infect Dis 2020; 20 (05) 533-4 2 World Health Organization. WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2020 Dec 10]. Available from: http://covid19.who.int/ 3 Surita FGC, Luz AG, Hsu LPR, Carvalho FHC, Brock MF, Nakamura MU. 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