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Family planning following postabortion treatment (Wall chart), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ipas, 1997
This wallchart for counselors includes tips for counseling women who have been treated for complications of abortiona s well as information supporting appropriate use of contraceptive methods. This document is not available on line. For English copy contact: ipas_publications@ipas.org
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What's the difference? The morning-after pill and the abortion pill (RU-486)
Two-sided information cards from the Abortion Access Project
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What is woman-centered comprehensive abortion care? Ipas, 2003
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This flyer describes woman-centered comprehensive abortion care as a model of care that includes a range of medical and related health services to support women in exercising their sexual and reproductive rights and health.
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Planning for a sustainable supply of manual vacuum aspiration instruments: A guide for program managers, Ipas, 2005
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Designed for use in conjunction with other resources on scaling up abortion care, this guide focuses on issues related to developing and maintaining a sustainable supply of MVA instruments at service-delivery points that have trained providers. The guide outlines the five steps to sustainability and includes case studies from around the world.
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Essential Elements of Postabortion Care: An Expanded and Updated Model, PAC Consortium Community Task Force, 2002
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Moving from Research to Program—The Egyptian Postabortion Care Initiative, Huntington, D, Nawar, L, International Family Planning Perspectives Volume 29, Number 3, September 2003
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Addressing the Consequences of Unsafe Abortion: Insights from Pathfinder Program Experience, Pathfinder, 2000
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| This report presents a review of Pathfinder's efforts to address the consequences of unsafe abortion around the world. It provides a broad picture of the range of programs undertaken, how they evolved, what their effects have been, and what has been learned from them. |
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| Advocacy Materials |
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| Making safe abortion accessible: A practical guide for advocates, Ipas, 2001 |
This 68-page handbook offers direction to activists working to ensure that abortions permitted by law are safe and accessible, in accordance with international mandates.
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Preventing unsafe abortion: A call to action for health professionals, Ipas, 2001
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| This four-page fact sheet provides advocates in the health-care field with the necessary background to speak about the issue and advocate for change in restrictive abortion laws and policies. |
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Safe abortion care: An imperative for health care workers, Ipas, 2002
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Through the voices of women around the world, this 19-minute video serves as an advocacy tool for those who wish to increase support for training and empowering midlevel providers to fill this crucial service role in their communities. Click on the link above to order.
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Improving access to safe abortion, Ipas, 2005
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This CD-ROM, created by Family Care International and Ipas, is a comprehensive advocacy and information tool that includes everything needed to learn about unsafe abortion and make presentations on this topic. The package includes advocacy tools that can be used with a range of audiences, and includes PowerPoint presentations and a PDF of the World Health Organization’s Safe abortion: Technical and policy guidance for health systems.
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Unsafe abortion: A neglected crisis in women's health, Ipas, 2003
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This seven-minute video suggests concrete strategies to end the global problem of unsafe abortion. Video available in PAL and NTSC formats. Click on the link above to order.
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Ipas
Ipas has an extensive list of publications and other resources on abortion, post-abortion care and advocacy on their website, of which many are included in the list of resources above. The Ipas site also includes instructional resources such as videos, wall charts, and CD-ROM and print materials for using Ipas MVA instruments. These resources are available only in hard copy and for health-care providers outside the United States. For English copy contact: ipas_publications@ipas.org |
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| Legal Status of Abortion by Country |
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Medication Abortion
The Center for Reproductive Rights
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Availability of Misoprostol and Mifepristone by Country
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Global maps of the availability of mifepristone and misoprostol, Gynuity Health Projects
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Map of mifepristone approval
Map of misoprostol approval |
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