Globally, provision of post-abortion contraception is recognized as a high impact intervention that reduces rates of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion. Although abortion self-care — abortion with pills obtained without a prescription — is on the rise due to increased availability of safe and highly effective drugs, women accessing medical abortion (MA) outside the health system do not typically have access to post-abortion contraceptive counseling.
These learning briefs – a project anchor brief, a user-focused brief, and a pharmacist-focused brief – summarize lessons learned by the PMAC project during multiple phases of the project. Together, our project’s journey to finding scalable and sustainable solutions to increase uptake and continuation of post-MA contraception, and women’s and pharmacists’ journey’s to seeking and providing post-MA contraception, provide a promising road to ensuring access to care for women and sustainable business models for pharmacists.
The climate crisis is negatively impacting arid- and semi-arid land communities’ sexual and reproductive health and rights.
These learning briefs – a project anchor brief, a user-focused brief, and a pharmacist-focused brief – summarize lessons learned by the PMAC project during multiple phases of the project. Together, our project’s journey to finding scalable and sustainable solutions to increase uptake and continuation of post-MA contraception, and women’s and pharmacists’ journey’s to seeking and providing post-MA contraception, provide a promising road to ensuring access to care for women and sustainable business models for pharmacists.
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These learning briefs – a project anchor brief, a user-focused brief, and a pharmacist-focused brief – summarize lessons learned by the PMAC project during multiple phases of the project. Together, our project’s journey to finding scalable and sustainable solutions to increase uptake and continuation of post-MA contraception, and women’s and pharmacists’ journey’s to seeking and providing post-MA contraception, provide a promising road to ensuring access to care for women and sustainable business models for pharmacists.
Sustainable Development Goals call on countries to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, including modern contraception by 2030. In Kenya, many women and girls lack access to contraception services leading to rising cases of unintended pregnancy, especially among adolescents.
Ipas Africa Alliance, based in Nairobi, Kenya, is dedicated to advancing reproductive justice across Africa. Operating in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and over 20 counties in Kenya, the organization focuses on reducing deaths from unsafe abortion, transforming social norms, and enhancing legal and policy environments for safe abortion. This executive summary outlines the achievements and impact of Ipas Africa Alliance’s programs during the fiscal year 2022-2023.
Kenya has made impressive strides in advancing gender equity through the enactment of laws on domestic violence, sexual offences, establishment of affirmative funds for women-led businesses, and increasing representation of women in public and elective office.
The biggest global threat of the 21st Century is climate crisis, including associated climate-induced extreme weather events. Women and girls living in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) are especially disproportionately affected by the effects of drought, flooding, and heat waves due to alteration in access to health services, including SRHR and natural resources.
This study presents findings from a project that worked with private pharmacies in Nakuru County of Kenya to improve contraceptive use and continuation after medical abortion.