As reported by Nursing Times, a new iPhone application has been developed to raise emergency contraceptive awareness amongst teenagers in Kent.

The popular magazine for nurses discloses that the new C Card app is tailored to guide teens about the importance of safe sex to counter unwanted pregnancies. Once registered with the service under medical approval, a person aged 19 or under can use active maps to get information about the nearest pharmacies and sexual health clinics that offer condoms for free, Nursing Times notes.

Everything from directions to clinics to their opening hours will be available on the app, the source informs, predicting that the app might come handy for those in desperate need of emergency contraception, and as a precautionary tool. Relevant information on sexually transmitted diseases and infections can also be accessed via the new app, it adds.

The C Card will be valid for up to 20 usages, following which it must be renewed by appropriate medical authorities. With nearly 46,000 registered users of the Card from its introduction in 2007, the scheme has reaped rich benefits from its usability, reliability, and convenience, says Ruth Herron, chief of sexual health at Kent Community Health NHS Trust.

The birth control policy was originally developed in 2007 as a community healthcare scheme and it is available only for iPhone users as of now, according to Nursing Times.