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Confronting Maternal Mortality Due to Postpartum Hemorrhage and Unsafe Abortion: A Call for Commitment
In this commentary co-authored by VSI and the Regional Experts' Summit Group, 35 ob/gyns and public health experts from 12 countries in Africa call for political commitment to expanding access to misoprostol for its many uses in maternal health.
The Role of Misoprostol in Scaling Up Postabortion Care
This letter, published in International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, presents the benefits of misoprostol for use in treating incomplete abortion. Its relative ease of use for this indication and cost-effectiveness, render misoprostol a key tool for scaling up access to postabortion care services in remote areas where deaths from unsafe abortion are common.
Expanding Access to Postabortion Care Services in Rwanda
This brief summarizes the final results of a comprehensive postabortion care (PAC) pilot program conducted by the Rwanda Ministry of Health and VSI to address maternal deaths due to unsafe abortion. The results demonstrate that enabling mid-level providers at health centers to provide PAC through the integration of misoprostol as a treatment method increases the availability of PAC services and brings them closer to women.
Availability Case Study
In 2011, VSI initiated a comprehensive assessment of the current challenges to ensuring the everyday availability of misoprostol in Tanzania, with the goal of identifying opportunities to improve access over time. This brief summarizes the key findings, recommendations and sample activities to accelerate progress toward increased availability of this essential medicine in Tanzania.
Expanding Access to Postabortion Care Services in Mozambique
VSI, AMOG and the Bixby Center at UC Berkeley conducted operations research addressing unsafe abortion with misoprostol in Mozambique. This research brief demonstrates that misoprostol is a promising alternative to surgical methods of treating incomplete abortion, and that expanding the level of health facility and provider trained on misoprostol can increase women’s access to these essential services.
Contraceptive Pocket Guide
A pocket reference for clinicians, this Contraceptive Pocket Guide details the contraceptive methods that can be used after postabortion care services both with misoprostol and manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).
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Latest News
- VSI to support the Niger Ministry of Public Health to add misoprostol to maternal health strategies 2013.03.14
- Rwanda Ministry of Health commits to expansion of postabortion care program 2013.03.01
- New publication underscores the safety of magnesium sulfate 2013.02.15
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