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Esta guía fue creada para ayudar a gerentes de programas y prestadores de servicios de aborto seguro con la estimación de necesidades de los medicamentos e insumos médicos más esenciales para la prestación de esos servicios. Aunque existen muchas guías sobre la estimación de necesidades de diversos insumos necesarios para los servicios de salud reproductiva, esta guía aborda específicamente la estimación de necesidades de medicamentos para el aborto con medicamentos y de aspiradores para la aspiración manual endouterina. Los procesos descritos paso a paso en esta guía pueden utilizarse para calcular los requisitos de insumos para un programa nacional o para una unidad de salud, durante determinado plazo.

La objeción de conciencia (OC) es una figura jurídica excepcional. Es que, como principio general, el sistema jurídico demanda y aspira a la obediencia de las normas por todas las personas obligadas. La OC es este curioso caso donde el Estado permite a una persona exceptuarse de una obligación jurídica, debido a sus convicciones morales, siempre y cuando cumpla con los requisitos, procedimientos fijados y no dañe derechos de terceros. Surgió como una forma de proteger minorías religiosas o culturales, usualmente ignoradas por las previsiones de las leyes. Es así que existe hoy una disonancia descomunal entre lo previsto por los textos y la práctica: la versión de la OC como acto reflexivo, sincero y humilde de una persona que hace parte de una minoría ha cedido frente a otros usos mucho más problemáticos y mucho menos éticos.

Este guia destina-se a defensores interessados em apoiar a expansão do acesso a serviços de aborto seguro nos seus países e ajudará você e seus colegas a desenvolverem uma estratégia que toma em conta as considerações exclusivas para a defesa de direitos relacionados ao aborto. Pretende-se que você trabalhe com este guia juntamente com um pequeno grupo de intervenientes que estão comprometidos em trabalhar em conjunto na expansão do acesso a serviços de aborto seguro.Embora este guia seja uma cartilha para aqueles que podem ser novos na defesa do aborto, também é um recurso útil para defensores mais experientes.

Esta guía está dirigida a promotores interesados en apoyar mayor acceso a los servicios de aborto seguro en su país. Les ayudará a usted y a sus colegas a formular una estrategia que tenga en cuenta las consideraciones únicas para actividades de promoción y defensa (advocacy) relacionadas con el aborto. Se recomienda que utilice esta guía en colaboración con un pequeño grupo de partes interesadas comprometidas a trabajar de manera conjunta para ampliar el acceso a los servicios de aborto seguro. Aunque esta guía es una introducción dirigida a las personas que están comenzando su trabajo de advocacy por el aborto, también es un recurso útil para promotores con experiencia.

Folha informativa que destaca a abordagem do Ipas em relação ao autouso de medicamentos para aborto seguro e actuais projectos relacionados com esse autouso de medicamentos.

A set of guides and related resources providing up-to-date clinical information, activities and learning materials for trainers to use in helping health-care workers acquire the appropriate knowledge, attitudes and practical skills they need to provide first-trimester medical abortion.

A factsheet that highlights Ipas’s approach to abortion self-care (ASC) and current ASC-related projects.

Download File Other Languages en español em portugues in english Estimación de Necesidades de Insumos Para Servicios de Aborto Seguro: Una guía práctica Fiche d’informations qui met l’accent sur l’approche d’Ipas en matière des autosoins d’avortement e …

Ficha informativa que destaca el enfoque de Ipas con relación al autouso de medicamentos para el aborto seguro y proyectos actuales relacionados con ese autouso de medicamentos.

This situational assessment, conducted by Ipas in collaboration with international and in-country agencies in March-May 2015, looks at comprehensive abortion care (CAC) needs and opportunities in francophone West Africa. It concludes there are clear and promising opportunities to expand CAC services to the women who need them and are entitled to them by law, despite the cultural, religious and political opposition to CAC that remains strong in some settings. It also offers specific recommendations in support of implementing CAC programs in francophone West Africa.

L’analyse situationnelle, effectuée par Ipas en mars et mai 2015 en collaboration avec des agences internationales et des organisations nationales actives dans ce domaine a permis d’étudier les besoins et les opportunités de prise en charge des soins complets d’avortement en Afrique de l’Ouest francophone et a conclu qu’il existait des possibilités manifestes et prometteuses pour étendre les soins complets d’avortement et les rendre disponibles aux femmes qui les nécessitent et qui y ont droit en vertu de la loi malgré la persistance d’une forte opposition culturelle, religieuse et politique à ce type de soins dans certains secteurs.

Este guia foi desenvolvido para ajudar os gestores de programas e provedores de serviços de aborto seguro a estimar os medicamentos e artigos médicos mais críticos necessários para a prestação desses serviços.

In 2006, the Youth-Friendly Task Force published technical guidance on youth-friendly postabortion care (YFPAC) with recommendations to improve the quality of and access to PAC services for adolescents. To complement the technical guidance on YFPAC and support the implementation of YFPAC, the PAC Consortium has developed this supplemental training module to train health care providers to provide YFPAC services to adolescents.

A case statement highlighting Ipas’s programs and outlining how donors can help support our work.

A spokesperson is the face of an organization and represents the organization when addressing an audience or speaking to the press. The topic of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is sometimes sensitive or controversial, making the job of a spokesperson for an SRHR-focused organization very important. This tool is designed to help spokespeople excel at their jobs and craft messages that effectively reach their intended audiences.

This guide was designed to help reporters understand the issues surrounding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including the right to safe abortion, so they can report on SRHR issues in an accurate, fair and balanced manner. Although the guide specifically targets print and online journalists, all journalists—including those who work in TV and radio—can benefit from the information provided. The guide can also be used by organizations and coalitions as a guide to training reporters on SRHR issues.

This factsheet shares the results of a national study by the Guttmacher Institute and Ipas, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Ethiopian Public Health Association, and in conjunction with Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health.

The objective of this research was to explore the context of abortion stigma in Ghana and Zambia through qualitative research, and develop a quantitative instrument to measure stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs about abortion. Focus group discussions were conducted in both countries, and a Stigmatizing Attitudes, Beliefs, and Actions scale was created. It captures three important dimensions of abortion stigma: negative stereotypes about men and women who are associated with abortion, discrimination/exclusion of women who have abortions, and fear of contagion as a result of coming into contact with a woman who has had an abortion. It provides a validated tool for measuring stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs about abortion in Ghana and Zambia and has the potential to be applicable in other country settings.

The objective of this study was to validate recommended reprocessing methods for Ipas manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) devices. The study found that Ipas MVA devices were not negatively affected following validated instrument reprocessing methods for high-level disinfection (HLD) or sterilization for up to 25 reuse cycles. STERRAD and Cidex OPA did not meet assessed standards and are therefore not recommended. Strict adherence to guidance is critical for effective reprocessing of instruments.

Este manual sirve como guía de referencia rápida para promotores del derecho a decidir. La guía ofrece evidencia factual, que desacredita diez mitos sobre el aborto ampliamente difundidos, y proporciona antecedentes y recursos suplementarios. Esperamos que esta guía ayude a activistas defensores de los derechos reproductivos a responder con confianza a los retos en nuestro trabajo y a continuar abogando por el derecho al aborto basándose en datos científicos claros e imparciales.