A descriptive summary of the WHO availability assessments of medical abortion medicines in eight African countries
The national landscape assessments identified several cross-cutting opportunities to improve availability of medical abortion medicines, including importing quality-assured medical abortion medicines; developing nationally approved abortion service and delivery guidelines that optimize healthcare worker roles; and expanding communication strategies to reach end-users and pharmacists.
Authors
- Natalie Williams
- Amy Grossman
- Laurence Läser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4841-0870)
- Antonella Lavelanet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2159-2570)
- Adeniyi Kolade Aderoba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4333-9093)
- Lucy Sejo Maribe
- Chilanga Asmani
- Olumuyiwa Ojo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4685-2845)
- Ndola Prata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5913-0737)
- Ulrika Rehnström Loi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3455-8606)
- Robert Mulunda Kanke
- Bela Ganatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-4577)
- Mariette Claudia Adame Gbanzi
- Olive Sentumbwe-Mugisa
- Leopold Ouédraogo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-1842)
- Moussa Dadjoari
- Richard Mugahi
- Fousséni Dao
- Yelmali Hien
- Sarah H. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2588-7264)
- Hayfa Elamin
- Dina Gbénou
- Franck Biayi Kanumpepa
- Dudu Dlamini
- Grace Motsoanku Mefane
- Sirak Hailu Bantiewalu
- Mary Nana Ama Brantuo
Institutions
- Ministry of Public Health (CD)
- Ocean Acoustical Services and Instrumentation Systems (United States) (US)
- Ministry of Health (UG)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- University of Bangui (CF)
- World Health Organization - Uganda (UG)
- Public Health Foundation (US)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (CG)
- Novel Health Strategies (United States) (US)
- Ministry of Health (LS)
- West African Health Organisation (BF)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Reproductive Health
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-024-01898-8
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Health Organization
- UNICEF