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    Facilitating Women’s Access to Misoprostol through Community-based Advocacy in Kenya and Tanzania

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    2014
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    Coeytaux, Francine
    Hessini, Leila
    Ejano, Nondo
    Obbuyi, Albert
    Oguttu, Monica
    Osur, Joachim
    Shuken, Kristen
    Shuken, Kristen
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    Coeytaux F, et al, Facilitating women’s access to misoprostol through community-based advocacy in Kenya and Tanzania, Int J Gynecol Obstet (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.10.004

    Abstract/Overview

    Objective: To explore the feasibility of educating communities about gynecologic uses for misoprostol at the community level through community-based organizations in countries with restrictive abortion laws.Methods: In 2012, the Public Health Institute and Ipas conducted an operations research study, providing small grants to 28 community-based organizations in Kenya and Tanzania to disseminate information on the correct use of misoprostol for both abortion and postpartum hemorrhage. These groups were connected to pharmacies selling misoprostol. The primary outcomes of the intervention were reports from the community-based organizations regarding the health education strategies that they had developed and implemented to educate their communities. Results: The groups developed numerous creative strategies to reach diverse audiences and ensure access to misoprostol pills. Given the restrictive environment, the groups attributed their success to having addressed the use of misoprostol for both indications (abortion and postpartum hemorrhage) and to using a harm reduction approach to frame the advocacy. Conclusion: This initiative proves that, even where abortion is legally restricted and socially stigmatized, community-based organizations can publicly and openly share information about misoprostol and refer it to women by using innovative and effective strategies, without political backlash. Furthermore, it shows that communities are eager for this information.

    Subject/Keywords
    Abortion; Advocacy; Hemorrhage; Misoprostol; Pharmacy access; Postpartum
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    © 2014 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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    Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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