TY - JOUR T1 - Postabortion Family Planning Progress: The Role of Donors and Health Professional Associations JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - S222 LP - S230 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00334 VL - 7 IS - Supplement 2 AU - Carolyn Curtis AU - Anibal Faundes AU - Ann Yates AU - Ingela Wiklund AU - Martha Bokosi AU - Maryjane Lacoste Y1 - 2019/08/22 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/7/Supplement_2/S222.abstract N2 - Global leadership from donors and international professional associations has enabled postabortion family planning services to be scaled up worldwide through preservice education, clinical service delivery, and global health programming.Globally, an estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in induced abortion,1 and nearly 20% of postabortion clients have had a previous abortion.2 In a large study conducted in 14 countries, more than half of postabortion clients expressed interest in using contraception, but only 1 in 4 left the facility with a contraceptive.2Unsafe abortion caused 13% of maternal deaths in 1990, with a case fatality rate of 340 per 100,000 women receiving unsafe abortion.3 In response, postabortion care (PAC) was introduced at the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development, held in September 1994 in Cairo. World leaders, high-ranking officials, representatives of NGOs, and United Nations agencies agreed upon an action plan,4 which included the following goals: All governments and relevant intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations should strengthen their commitment to women's health, to deal with the health aspect of unsafe abortion as a major public health concern, and to reduce the recourse to abortion through expanded and improved family planning services.Women who have unintended pregnancies should have ready access to reliable information and compassionate counseling.In all cases, women should have access to quality services for management of complications arising from abortion.Postabortion counseling, education, and voluntary family planning services should be offered promptly to protect women's health and to help to avoid repeat abortions.Since 1990, donors, international professional associations, and development partners have worked collaboratively to reduce maternal mortality due to complications of miscarriage and unsafe abortion, by delivering PAC services. Major partners include government donors (e.g., UK Department for International Development, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, German Technical Cooperation), multilateral organizations … ER -