This evidence brief summarizes key findings from the qualitative component of the AMoCo study, which aims to describe the access to care and treatment of women and girls hospitalized in Castors Maternity Hospital in Bangui for potentially life-threatening and near-miss abortion complications such as severe haemorrhage, severe sepsis, and uterine and intra-abdominal perforation.
Topic: Humanitarian Settings
Cuidados informados sobre trauma para provedores de aborto que tratam sobreviventes de violência sexual em contextos humanitários
Uma orientação e recurso para formadores de aborto e profissionais de saúde da linha da frente.
Soins tenant compte des traumatismes pour les prestataires de soins d’avortement traitant les survivantes de violences sexuelles dans des contextes humanitaires
Conseils et ressources pour les formateurs et les agents de santé en première ligne sur les services d’avortement
GuÃa sobre la atención informada por trauma dirigida a prestadores de servicios de aborto que atienden a sobrevivientes de violencia sexual en situaciones de crisis humanitaria
Orientación y recursos para capacitadores y trabajadores de salud de primera lÃnea en servicios de aborto.
The magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications in the Castors Maternity in Bangui, Central African Republic
This eight-page brief outlines selected findings from a research project on the burden of abortion-related complications and their contributing factors in the Maternity of Castors in Bangui, Central African Republic. The study found a greater severity of abortion-related complications in this facility compared to African hospitals in stable settings and reinforces the need to recognize abortion as a serious health issue among fragile or crisis-affected populations.
Trauma-informed care for abortion providers treating sexual violence survivors in humanitarian settings
An orientation and resources for frontline abortion trainers and health workers
The Potential of Self-Managed Abortion to Expand Abortion Access in Humanitarian Contexts
Refugees and displaced people face uniquely challenging barriers to abortion access, including the collapse of health systems, statelessness, and a lack of prioritization of sexual and reproductive health services by humanitarian agencies. In this commentary published in Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, the authors summarize the evidence around abortion access in humanitarian contexts, and highlight the opportunities for interventions that could increase knowledge and support around self-managed abortion.
Self-managed abortion: Barriers and opportunities
Transformação de atitudes em relação ao aborto: um kit de ferramentas de clarificação de valores para contextos humanitários.
O aborto por profissionais treinados é um procedimento seguro e comum, legal sob pelo menos uma condição em quase todos os paÃses do mundo. No entanto, mulheres e meninas que vivem em ambientes humanitários muitas vezes não podem obter este serviço essencial de saúde reprodutiva – mesmo quando está disponÃvel para outras mulheres em um paÃs que acolhe refugiados.
Improving Access to Abortion in Crisis Settings: A legal risk management tool for organizations and providers
This tool is designed to help program planners and organizations understand abortion law and manage legal risk when providing or supporting access to abortion for people who are displaced by crisis. It provides general guidance and can be used online or in-person and with program teams, field teams, program managers and other decision-makers. It can also be incorporated in risk- and security-assessment processes.
Transformación de actitudes respecto al aborto: un juego de herramientas para la aclaración de valores para públicos humanitarios
Cuando es efectuado por prestadores de servicios capacitados, el aborto es un procedimiento seguro y común, legal bajo por lo menos una causal en casi todos los paÃses del mundo. Sin embargo, las mujeres y niñas que viven en entornos humanitarios a menudo no pueden obtener este servicio esencial de salud reproductiva, aun cuando está a la disposición de otras mujeres en un paÃs que alberga a refugiados.
Abortion Attitude Transformation: A values clarification toolkit for humanitarian audiences
Abortion by trained providers is a safe and common procedure, legal under at least one condition in nearly every country in the world. Yet women and girls living in humanitarian settings often cannot get this essential reproductive health service—even when it’s available to other women in a country hosting refugees.
Card: Mifepristone now available through the Inter-Agency Reproductive Health Kits!
This card for humanitarian professionals provides instructions for obtaining Inter-Agency RH Kits, information on why mifepristone is now available in the kits, and a summary of WHO dosing regiments for abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol.
Card: Creating a sustainable supply of manual vacuum aspiration instruments in humanitarian settings
This card for humanitarian professionals provides an overview of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for safe abortion with a focus on humanitarian settings—plus instructions for how to obtain MVA equipment through Inter-Agency RH Kits and from DKT WomanCare.
Transformation des attitudes face à l’avortement: Trousse à outils de clarification des valeurs destinée aux professionnels de l’humanitaire
Quand il est réalisé par des prestataires formés, l’avortement est une procédure sécurisée et courante qui est autorisée par la législation de la plupart des pays pour au moins une situation. Pourtant, les femmes et les jeunes filles dans des contextes humanitaires ne peuvent souvent pas bénéficier de ce service de santé reproductive essentiel, même s’il est disponible pour le reste des femmes d’un pays accueillant des réfugiées.
