Achievements of the FIGO Initiative for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences in South-Southeast Asia.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
; 126 Suppl 1: S20-3, 2014 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Since 2008, the FIGO Initiative for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences has contributed to ensuring the substitution of sharp curettage by manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) and medical abortion in selected hospitals in participating countries of South-Southeast Asia. This initiative facilitated the registration of misoprostol in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and the approval of mifepristone for "menstrual regulation" in Bangladesh. The Pakistan Nursing Council agreed to include MVA and medical abortion in the midwifery curriculum. The Bangladesh Government has approved the training of nurses and paramedics in the use of MVA to treat incomplete abortion in selected cases. The Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, in collaboration with partners, has presented a draft petition to the relevant authorities appealing for them to liberalize the abortion law in cases of rape and incest or when lethal congenital abnormalities are present. Significantly, the initiative has introduced or strengthened the provision of postabortion contraception.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
10_ODS3_salud_sexual_reprodutiva
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11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
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1_ASSA2030
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5_ODS3_mortalidade_materna
Problema de saúde:
10_sexually_transmitted_infections
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11_delivery_arrangements
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1_doencas_nao_transmissiveis
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5_maternal_care
Assunto principal:
Agências Internacionais
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Aborto Induzido
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Assistência ao Convalescente
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article