Background: Emergency Contraception gives a second chance tornwomen who do not want to be pregnant after unprotected sexualrnintercourse. It has been estimated that almost two in every fivernpregnancies worldwide are unplanned thus most of these pregnanciesrnends with induced abortion. To lower rates of unintended pregnancy,rnwomen need better access to both regular contraception andrnemergency contraception. Thus increasing the knowledge of providersrnto emergency contraception and trying to improve the service deliveryrnquality is one way of tackling the inaccessibility of this service to thernwomen. This study will help to identify the KAP gap of providers tornemergency contraception and to act accordingly by the responsiblernorganizations.rnObjective: To assess the knowledge and perception of health carernproviders about emergency contraception in Addis AbabarnMethods: This study used cross-sectional quantitative type of studyrndesign. A standardized self administered questionnaire was used torncollect data from a total of 366 health workers at selected healthrninstitutions in Addis Ababa.rnPDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0 http://www.pdf4free.comrnviiirnResult: From the total study participants 160(37.2%) werernknowledgeable about EC and 156(42.6%) have positive attituderntowards EC. Health care providers working in pharmacies and drugrnstores were found to be more likely to have knowledge than healthrncare providers working in government health facilities AOR=4.5(95%rnCI=1.7-11.5). Males had more positive perception towards EC thanrnfemale health workers AOR=1.7(95% CI=1.1-2.7).rnConclusion: Generally the knowledge and perception of health carernproviders towards this method is very low. To improve their knowledgernand to clarify the misperception about emergency contraceptionrnamong the health care providers training is essential.