The contribution of research results to dramatic improvements in post-abortion care: Centre Hospitalier de Libreville, Gabon

LARCs after unsafe abortion in Libreville (Gabon): Women accept quickly but the time interval for the insertion is longer than that of injectable contraceptives

“…This moment of meeting between patients and medical providers at hospital should be used to offer and quickly insert such contraceptive methods. Moreover, health-care providers in our department are often reluctant to quickly provide women consulting for unsafe abortion complications [4] with PAC, even though improvements were observed recently [5].…”

Providers, Unmarried Young Women, and Post‐Abortion Care in Kenya

“…Studies on the attitudes and practices of providers toward abortion care‐seekers frequently show that providers can be both supportive and abusive toward care‐seekers (Steele and Chiarotti ; Mayi‐Tsonga, Assoumou et al. ; Evens, Otieno‐Masaba et al. ).…”

“…Victimization, harassment, picketing, vandalism, and murder have been reported as other hazards that providers encounter Forrest and Henshaw 1987;Harris, Debbink et al 2011;Joffe 2014;Martin, Debbink et al 2014). Studies on the attitudes and practices of providers toward abortion care-seekers frequently show that providers can be both supportive and abusive toward care-seekers (Steele and Chiarotti 2004;Mayi-Tsonga, Assoumou et al 2012;Evens, Otieno-Masaba et al 2014). The motivations and disincentives for offering abortion services among providers in different contexts have also been extensively documented (Gogna, Romero et al 2002;Rance 2005;Okonofua, Hammed et al 2011).…”

“…Current efforts to improve sexual and reproductive health equality have emphasized the need for providers who understand the particular issues young women face in relation to abortion, have non‐judgmental attitudes toward them, and can offer them quality abortion services, including post‐abortion contraception (Mayi‐Tsonga, Assoumou et al. ; Evens, Otieno‐Masaba et al. ; Mutua, Maina et al.…”

“…Health providers are key to facilitating young post-abortion patients' access to quality abortion care, including appropriate clinical management, non-stigmatizing treatment Chimaraoke during care, and comprehensive contraceptive counseling (Harris, Debbink et al 2011;Healy 2013;Mercier, Buchbinder et al 2015). Current efforts to improve sexual and reproductive health equality have emphasized the need for providers who understand the particular issues young women face in relation to abortion, have non-judgmental attitudes toward them, and can offer them quality abortion services, including post-abortion contraception (Mayi-Tsonga, Assoumou et al 2012;Evens, Otieno-Masaba et al 2014;Mutua, Maina et al 2015).…”