SERAH: Supporting Expanded Roles for safe Abortion care by Health workers—A working group to enable the implementation of the WHO guidelines for expanded roles of health workers in safe abortion and postabortion care

Women often resort to unsafe abortion when they encounter barriers to accessing safe services. Globally, at least 8% of maternal mortality is attributable to unsafe abortion [1]. A key objective of Every Woman Every Child’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health [2] is to increase access to safe abortion to reduce maternal mortality. Furthermore, ensuring the availability and provision of safe abortion and postabortion care has been included by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Essential Interventions, Commodities and Guidelines for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health [3].
Source: International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Special communication Source Type: research