May 17, 2024 · Fact sheet on abortion: scope of the problem, consequences of inaccessible quality abortion care, expanding quality abortion care, and WHO action.

Dec 3, 2024 · Making health for all a reality, and moving towards the progressive realization of human rights, requires that all individuals have access to quality health care, including comprehensive abortion care services – which includes information, management of abortion, and post-abortion care. Lack of access to safe, timely, affordable and respectful abortion care poses a risk to not only the ...

El aborto peligroso se produce cuando una persona carente de la capacitación necesaria pone fin a un embarazo, o ello se hace en un entorno que no cumple las normas médicas mínimas, o cuando se combinan ambas circunstancias.

Mar 8, 2022 · In this guideline, recommendations are presented across three domains that are essential to the provision of abortion care: Law and policy, Clinical services and Service delivery.

Sep 26, 2022 · In July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) hosted a Twitter space with Dr Bela Ganatra, head of the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion unit in the WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH), including HRP, on improving access to comprehensive abortion care everywhere.

Jan 6, 2025 · The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) is working with national professional societies of obstetrics and gynaecology to improve access to self-managed abortion. Despite legal provisions for abortion in Zambia, rates of unsafe abortion remain high.

Sep 24, 2020 · Can medical abortion be self-managed by the client herself? When using the combination mifepristone and misoprostol regimen, the medical abortion process can be self-managed for pregnancies up to 12 weeks of gestation, including the ability to take the medications at home, without direct supervision of a health-care provider.

Mar 9, 2022 · The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care today, in a bid to protect the health of women and girls and help prevent over 25 million unsafe abortions that currently occur each year. “Being able to obtain safe abortion is a crucial part of health care,” said Craig Lissner, acting Director for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research at WHO. “Nearly ...

Mar 9, 2022 · WHO has released new guidelines on abortion care in a bid to protect the health of women and girls and help prevent over 25 million unsafe abortions that currently occur each year around the world. Based on the latest scientific evidence, these consolidated guidelines bring together over 50 recommendations spanning clinical practice, health service delivery, and legal and policy interventions ...

Sep 28, 2022 · Access to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, is a core human right. The ability to decide if and when to have children, and access to safe, timely, respectful and person-centred abortion care, and post-abortion care, when needed, helps to safeguard the health and well-being of women, girls, their families and their communities. The World Health ...