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Yes, there is strong evidence that trained midlevel providers such as nurses, midwives and clinical officers can provide first-trimester medical abortion as safely and effectively as physicians. Backed by this evidence, health-care system managers and policymakers increasingly support expanding the provider base to include non-physician providers as a way to increase women’s access to safe […]
At a two-day conference held in Johannesburg last month, Ipas global leaders and staff met with key government officials and civil-society partners to explore how best to continue working collaboratively toward a future for sustainable comprehensive abortion care services and to celebrate Ipas’s nearly two decades’ work in South Africa. Calling the conference “timely and […]
At a two-day conference held in Johannesburg last month, Ipas global leaders and staff met with key government officials and civil-society partners to explore how best to continue working collaboratively toward a future for sustainable comprehensive abortion care services and to celebrate Ipas’s nearly two decades’ work in South Africa. Calling the conference “timely and […]
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee today approved a measure that would enable Peace Corps volunteers to have what other federal employees and members of the military have: health coverage that covers abortion in cases of rape, incest or threat to life. It was a rare vote to extend abortion coverage in a chamber led by […]
The government of India has launched two national initiatives aimed at saving women’s lives by making comprehensive abortion care accessible to more women. Even though India enacted a liberal abortion law more than 40 years ago, an estimated two-thirds of abortions in India are unsafe and a woman dies from complications of unsafe abortion every […]
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has approved a major four-year grant to Ipas, establishing itself as Ipas’s largest core donor. “Sida has a strong commitment to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights, especially in the world’s poorest countries,” said Kerstin Jonsson Cissé, Head of Global Programmes in Sida’s Department for International Organisations […]
New reports from the United Nations and other organizations suggest a pronounced decline in maternal mortality worldwide and indicate that global efforts to reduce deaths of women from unsafe abortion are beginning to work. One of the new reports, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN agencies, is Trends in Maternal Mortality: […]
Once a country with one of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws, Nepal today offers safe and legal abortion services in each of its 75 districts. The expansion of safe abortion care is one of several strategies that helped Nepal nearly halve its maternal mortality ratio between 2000 and 2010. A key factor in this […]
Repeal criminal abortion laws, ensure universal access to services WASHINGTON—Political, health and human rights leaders from more than 25 countries issued a declaration today, “The Airlie Declaration for Safe Legal Abortion,” calling for the repeal of all criminal abortion laws and universal access to safe legal abortion. The Declaration was released at a press briefing following […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new, online document to assist health professionals in the provision of evidence-based safe abortion care. The Clinical Practice Handbook for Safe Abortion is a companion to the 2012 edition of WHO’s Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems. “The handbook will be useful to a […]
Most people associate the public health model called harm reduction with the innovative clean needle exchange programs started in the 1980s to curb HIV infection among intravenous drug users. Since then, however, harm reduction has become an evidence-based approach to reducing public health risks—including those from unsafe abortion. “In broad terms, a harm reduction approach […]
When the staff of the Women’s Promotion Center (WPC) in Tanzania’s rural Kigoma Region realized women were suffering and dying unnecessarily from unsafe abortion—and that misoprostol could provide an option for safe abortion if only it was available—they got angry. So they started a pharmacy to bring misoprostol to local communities to save women’s lives. […]
In a ruling that marks a significant step forward for women’s rights in the region, Bolivia’s highest court, the Plurinational Constitutional Court, issued a decision ending the requirement for judicial authorization for women seeking legal abortion in Bolivia. “This court ruling represents an important step for Bolivia,” said Ipas Bolivia Interim Director Malena Morales. “It […]
CHAPEL HILL—On Thursday, January 23, Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central North Carolina will present Ipas Director of Development Katie Early with the Margaret Sanger Award at their annual Champions of Choice breakfast. Named for Planned Parenthood’s founder, the Margaret Sanger Award is the organization’s highest honor, recognizing outstanding contributions to the reproductive health and […]
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. It includes two companion documents—the Medical Abortion Study Guide and Medical Abortion Training Guide. It also includes related multi-media materials: the Medical Abortion PowerPoint Presentation and the Medical Abortion Quiz Show PowerPoint Presentation and Flash Plug-in.
This manual is designed to prepare health-care workers to provide women with high-quality postabortion care services. It is useful for a broad audience—including clinicians, trainers, program managers and outreach workers. It provides in-depth clinical information on safe, effective options for first-trimester uterine evacuation and addresses broader service delivery and access issues, including the rights of young women, client-provider communication, and monitoring to improve services. It may be used for countries where there are no legal indications for induced abortion or where there are significant restrictions on induced abortion.
This publication supplements Abortion care for young women: A training toolkit. It modifies six values clarification and attitude transformation activities to focus specifically on young women and abortion.
This toolkit is a resource for trainers, program managers and technical advisors who organize or facilitate training events and advocacy workshops in the field of sexual and reproductive health. It provides experienced trainers with the background information, materials, instructions, and tips necessary to effectively facilitate abortion values clarification and attitude transformation interventions.
This publication supplements Abortion care for young women: A training toolkit (Ipas, 2013). It modifies six values clarification and attitude transformation activities to focus specifically on young women and abortion.