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WHAT WE DO:
Abortion and Postabortion Care
Unsafe abortion is a critical public health concern in many developing countries, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of women worldwide each year. Where abortion is illegal or where safe abortion services are costly or hard to find, complications from an unsafe abortion are common. Working both in countries where abortion is legal and where it is illegal, Pathfinder International supports postabortion care projects designed to make treatment safer and more responsive to the needs of women.
As a founding member of the Postabortion Care Consortium, Pathfinder helped to develop the concept of postabortion care as an important, emerging area of reproductive health. Quality postabortion care includes emergency treatment, contraceptive counseling and supplies, and follow up and referral to other reproductive health services.
Pathfinder believes that while all women should have access to safe abortion services, the key to reducing reliance on abortion--whether legal or illegal--is providing women with the means to safely control their fertility.
featured Projects
IPPF Safe Abortion Action Fund: A two-year grant from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) supporting safe abortion activities in Ghana, India, Mozambique and South Africa.
Youth-Friendly Postabortion Care: A one-year project addressing unsafe abortion among adolescent women in Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Ghana: Safe Abortion Services: Improving access to and quality of comprehensive abortion care services in select facilities in Ghana, with a focus on the northern region of the country.
India: Access to Safe Abortion: Working to improve women’s access to safe abortion and improve community awareness of healthy behaviors surrounding the termination of pregnancy.
Mozambique: Postabortion Care: Expanding access to comprehensive postabortion care services for women, including counseling, treatment, family planning methods, and follow-up.
Featured Publication
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Comprehensive Safe Abortion Programming: The Pathfinder International Approach, January 2010
This paper presents Pathfinder's comprehensive approach to safe abortion programming including provider training, client friendly counseling, addressing the needs of vulnerable populations including youth, community mobilization, and advocacy. It highlights successful examples from country programs in India, Ghana, Viet Nam, South Africa, Ethiopia, Brazil, Peru, and Mozambique.
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