A continuing challenge in ensuring universal access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care is the inability of individuals to confidently and safely terminate an unwanted pregnancy. This framework for sustainable abortion care is Ipas’s response to that urgent need. Using a human-centered approach, it identifies steps for program design, action and evaluation—and recognizes that sustainable abortion care is dynamic and requires new thinking, new ways of collaborating and new approaches.
This manual provides guidance to health-care personnel on improving the quality of care available to women seeking uterine evacuation services.
This guide is a resource for future health professionals who want to learn about and engage in abortion issues. Abortion is a critical but often neglected area of women’s rights, women’s health and health science education. The guide was developed for health sciences students—including students in medicine, nursing, midwifery, pharmacology, public health and other related fields—and can be adapted for other audiences too.
This factsheet shares findings from a study conducted by Ipas and the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) that finds abortion content is limited or missing in most medical schools in the world.
Recommendations and dosing recommendations for use of prophylactic antibiotics in safe abortion care.
Organized in four parts, this training manual aims to foster an advocacy perspective in health-care providers who are involved in delivering abortion and/or postabortion care. The manual will help providers recognize their personal power as advocates and identify different circumstances and means to advocate for comprehensive abortion care to the full limits of the law.
This illustrated wallchart presents a clear, easy-to-read, 10-step guide to performing uterine evacuation using the Ipas MVA Plus® and Ipas EasyGrip® cannulae.
This wallchart outlines the steps for correctly processing and cleaning the Ipas MVA Plus and Ipas EasyGrip cannulae.
Cette boîte à outil est destinée aux défenseurs de l’avortement qui veulent soutenir l’intégration de l’avortement aux programmes d’éducation complète à la sexualité (ECS). Y sont traitées les principaux points à prendre en considération lorsqu’on souhaite défendre l’ECS et des outils sont proposés qui permettent d’aider les défenseurs à développer une stratégie et un plan d’activités adaptés à leur contexte national.
This reference guide provides information and recommendations based on evidence for dilatation and evacuation (D&E), a form of abortion that utilizes a combination of specialized forceps and vacuum aspiration to evacuate the uterus at or after 13 weeks gestation, for women who need either induced abortion, treatment of incomplete abortion or postabortion care.
This reference guide provides information and recommendations based on evidence for medical abortion at or after 13 weeks gestation, sometimes called induction abortion or termination in the second trimester, using misoprostol-based regimens (mifepristone plus misoprostol or misoprostol only) for women who need either induced abortion, treatment of incomplete abortion or postabortion care.
A calculadora de AMIU é uma ferramenta para os gestores de aquisições e distribuidores das unidades sanitárias que calculam o número de aspiradores de aspiração manual intra-uterina (AMIU) que deve ser mantido em stock nas unidades sanitárias. Ao usar dados das unidades sanitárias, a calculadora de AMIU estimará a quantidade apropriada de aspiradores Ipas AMIU Plus® e Válvula Simples para satisfazer a demanda. A calculadora usa uma metodologia de previsão baseada em estatísticas e desenvolvida por John Snow, Inc., de acordo com o número médio de casos e factor de reuso de instrumentos Ipas AMIU de 25.
Le calculateur d’AMIU est destiné aux distributeurs et responsables de l’approvisionnement des institutions de santé qui doivent calculer le nombre d’aspirateurs manuels intra-utérins (AMIU) qu’il est nécessaire de conserver en stock dans chaque institution de santé. En fonction des données de l’institution, le calculateur d’AMIU d’Ipas estimera les quantités appropriées d’aspirateurs Ipas AMIU Plus et d’aspirateurs à valve unique correspondant au volume de travail. Il utilise une méthode de prévision statistique développée par John Snow, Inc., fondée sur un volume de travail quotidien moyen, et un facteur de réutilisation des instruments d’AMIU de 25.
La calculadora de AMEU es para gerentes y distribuidores de insumos para unidades de salud quienes calculan la cantidad de aspiradores de aspiración manual endouterina (AMEU) que se deben mantener en el inventario de cada unidad de salud. Utilizando los datos de su unidad de salud, la calculadora Ipas de AMEU estimará las cantidades necesarias de aspiradores Ipas AMEU Plus y aspiradores de válvula sencilla para cubrir la demanda esperada. Utiliza la metodología estadística de estimación elaborada por John Snow, Inc., la cual toma en cuenta su demanda diaria promedio y un factor de uso del instrumental Ipas de AMEU de 25.
The MVA calculator is for health facility supply managers and distributors who calculate the number of manual vacuum aspirators (MVA) to keep in stock in health facilities. Using facility data, the Ipas MVA calculator will estimate appropriate quantities of Ipas MVA Plus® and Single-Valve aspirators to meet expected caseload. It uses a statistically based forecasting methodology developed by John Snow, Inc., based on average daily caseload and reuse factor for Ipas MVA instruments of 25.
Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health is specially designed to provide concise, easy-to-read information about a wide spectrum of topics related to abortion care. Our team of experts combines the latest evidence with lessons learned in collaboration with health professionals globally to produce broadly relevant and useful clinical recommendations.
This guide is intended for advocates interested in supporting expanded access to safe abortion care in their countries. It will help you and your colleagues develop a strategy that considers the unique considerations for abortion-related advocacy. It is intended that you will work through the guide with a small group of stakeholders who are committed to working together on expanded access to safe abortion care. While it is a primer for those who may be new to abortion advocacy, it is also a helpful resource for experienced advocates.
A Escala de Auto-Eficácia do Aborto (ASES) é uma ferramenta de 15 itens concebida para medir a auto-eficácia do aborto a nível individual e comunitário. A ferramenta pode ser usada como parte de uma pesquisa formativa para informar o desenho, o conteúdo e as mensagens de intervenções destinadas a aumentar a auto-eficácia do aborto. Também pode ser usada para medir mudanças na auto-eficácia do aborto ao longo do tempo. Além disso, as pontuações da ASES podem ser utilizadas para entender os factores associados à auto-eficácia do aborto.