With the goal of reducing deaths and injuries from unsafe abortion, Ipas works in collaboration with Myanmar’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and Department of Public Health (DOPH) to improve the quality of postabortion care available to women in public health facilities.
Country: Myanmar
Desde D&C hasta aspiración por vacÃo y misoprostol: Asegurando la calidad y el uso correcto de la tecnologÃa para la atención postaborto en Myanmar
Este informe técnico describe el trabajo de Ipas con el Departamento de Salud Pública de Myanmar para actualizar su guÃa nacional sobre la atención postaborto, con el fin de reflejar las recomendaciones de la OMS relativas a las tecnologÃas de evacuación endouterina. Por primera vez, se incluyó la APA utilizando métodos con medicamentos (misoprostol).
From D&C to vacuum aspiration and misoprostol: Ensuring quality and appropriate use of technology for postabortion care in Myanmar
This technical brief describes Ipas’s work with the Myanmar Department of Public Health to update its national postabortion care guidelines to reflect WHO recommendations regarding uterine evacuation technologies. For the first time, PAC using medical methods (misoprostol) was included.
