Resources
Medical management of abortion
World Health Organization’s 2019 guidelines on medical management of abortion:
MAMA Manifesto
MAMA understands that abortion pills create a universal opportunity for safe abortion regardless of how abortion is regulated by national laws. By providing women with accurate information about abortion with pills, activists challenge restrictive laws’ legitimacy, contribute to dismantle abortion stigma and shame, foster women’s empowerment and respect women’s autonomy. (Extract)
Contextualizing medication abortion in seven African nations: A literature review
We conducted a comprehensive literature review on abortion in seven African countries to synthesize and analyze the landscape of abortion-related scientific knowledge, with the aim of informing abortion-access related research and programs in the region.
English: Contextualizing medication abortion in seven African nations
Safe abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol
MAMA information materials for community distribution of protocols for medical abortion using Mifepristone and Misoprostol during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
CHICHEWA | Malawi: Kuchotsa-mimba-pogwilitsa-makhwala-a-mifepristone-ndi-misoprostol-pamodzi
FRANÇAIS: Avortement médicamenteux avec Mifepristone et Misoprostol
ENGLISH: Medical abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol
HAUSA | NIGERIA: Zubar da ciki tare da Mifepristone da Misoprostol
IGBO | Nigeria: Iji Mifepristone na Misoprostol e mepu ime usoro jikotara ha
KIBEMBE | RDC: Isakya cemi ieteca Misorpristol na Mifepristone
MUNUKUTUBA | RDC: Kukatula kivumu na manganga Misoprostol kubwela Mifepristone
SWAHILI | RDC: Utowaji mimba kwa kutumia vidonge vya Mifepristone na Misoprostol
SWAHILI | Kenya: Uavyaji mimba na Mifepristone pamoja na Misoprostol
Safe abortion with Misoprostol
MAMA information materials for community distribution of protocols for medical abortion using Misoprostol during the first 9 weeks of pregnancy.
CHICHEWA | Malawi: Uchotsa-mimba-ndi-makhawala-a-Misopulosito
CHICHEWA | Malawi: Uchotsa mimba ndi makhawala a Misopulosito (black & white)
ENGLISH: Medical abortion with Misoprostol
FRANÇAIS: Avortement médicamenteux avec Misoprostol
HAUSA | NIGERIA: Zubar da ciki tare da Misoprostol
IGBO | Nigeria: Ji misopurostoolu ete ime
IGBO | Nigeria: Ji misopurostoolu ete ime (black & white)
KIBEMBE | RDC: Isakya cemi ieteca Misoprostol
LUGANDA | Uganda: Okujjamo olubuto mungeli etalina bulabe nga okuzesa Misoprostol
MUNUKUTUBA | DRC: Kukatula kivumu na manganga na Misoprostol
SWAHILI | RDC: Utowaju mimba kwa kutumia Misoprostoli
SWAHILI | Kenya: Uavyaji mimba kwa kutumia dawa ya Misoprostal
Speaking about self-managed abortion with pills. A practical guide
Guide on sharing information on abortion through a variety of media and contexts. Support on how to overcome challenges in speaking about self-managing abortion, by emphasizing the empowering and live saving potential of information about medical abortion.
ENGLISH: Speaking about self-managed abortion with pills. A practical guide
ENGLISH: Speaking about self-managed abortion with pills. A practical guide (print version)
Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems
WHO 2012 recommendations about safe abortion care, including latest evidence updates for medical abortion protocols, guidance on how to establish and strengthen services, and, information about legal and human rights aspects of providing safe abortion care.
Health worker roles in providing safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception
WHO 2015 recommendations about expanding the roles of health workers, including trained community or lay health workers in the provision of safe abortion care, post-abortion care and post-abortion contraception provision.