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    Post abortion care (PAC) aims to reduce morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion by providing emergency treatment, counseling, and family planning services. The international community endorses PAC as an important part of safe motherhood initiatives. PAC follows an expanded model that includes emotional support, treatment of complications, contraceptive services, community education, and linkage to other healthcare services.

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    Post abortion care (PAC) aims to reduce morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion by providing emergency treatment, counseling, and family planning services. The international community endorses PAC as an important part of safe motherhood initiatives. PAC follows an expanded model that includes emotional support, treatment of complications, contraceptive services, community education, and linkage to other healthcare services.

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    Post abortion care (PAC) aims to reduce morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion by providing emergency treatment, counseling, and family planning services. The international community endorses PAC as an important part of safe motherhood initiatives. PAC follows an expanded model that includes emotional support, treatment of complications, contraceptive services, community education, and linkage to other healthcare services.

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    POST ABORTION CARE

    (PAC)

    Definition

    Post abortion care is an approach for


    reducing morbidity and mortality from
    incomplete and unsafe abortion and its
    complications and for improving women's
    sexual and reproductive health and lives
    Post abortion care and the
    international community
    The international community recognizes unsafe abortion as a
    serious public-health problem

    Endorses the need to ensure women's access to PAC

    PAC can save women's lives and its an important part of any Safe
    Motherhood initiative.

    Numerous global agencies call on governments and health


    systems to take action to support the timely provision of PAC
    services,
    United Nations International Conference on Population and
    Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994;

    Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing, China in 1995;


    Components of post abortion care
    first articulated by IPAS in 1991

    The original PAC model had three components:

    Emergency treatment services for complications of


    spontaneous or unsafe abortion.

    Post abortion family planning counseling and services

    Links between emergency abortion treatment services


    and comprehensive reproductive health care
    The expanded and updated post
    abortion care model
    Adds partnership with the community as an essential element

    Counseling to identify and respond to women's emotional and


    physical health needs and other concerns

    Treatment of incomplete and unsafe abortion and complications


    that are potentially life-threatening

    Contraceptive and family planning services to help women


    prevent an unwanted pregnancy or practice birth spacing

    Linkage to reproductive and other health services that are


    Available in the hospital
    The role of community
    participation
    Education about the risks and consequences of unsafe abortion

    Participation by community members in decisions about which


    sexual and reproductive health services are offered

    Education about and promotion of human rights-based sexual and


    reproductive health services, including PAC

    Education to increase family planning and contraceptive use


    (preventing unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion)

    Education about the signs and symptoms of post abortion


    complications to promote appropriate care-seeking behaviors

    Mobilization of community resources to ensure that women


    suffering from incomplete abortion receive the care they need
    Emergency post abortion care
    services
    For treatment of incomplete and unsafe abortion

    Resuscitation

    Manual vacuum aspiration

    Antibiotics

    Blood transfusion

    Analgesia

    Laparotomy/laparoscopy
    The aims of counseling:

    Solicit and affirm women's feelings and provide


    emotional support

    Ensure that women receive appropriate


    answers to their questions

    Help women clarify their thoughts about their


    pregnancy, incomplete abortion, treatment,
    resumption of ovulation and reproductive
    health future

    Address other concerns women may have


    post abortion family planning
    counseling and services
    Ensure that patients receive information and counseling on post
    abortion contraception (including emergency contraception)
    before leaving the hospital.

    All methods of contraception can be considered for use after


    abortion

    Contraception should be started early after an abortion

    Diaphragm and cervical cap should be delayed till 6 weeks after a


    2nd trimester abortion

    There is high risk of expulsion of intra uterine device and risk of


    infection if inserted at the time of 2nd trimester abortion. (delay for
    3 months if infection is present).
    Linkage to reproductive and other
    health services
    :
    This encourages providing post abortion women with reproductive
    and other health services present in the hospital.

    STI/HIV prevention education, screening, diagnosis and treatment

    screening for sexual and/or domestic violence, and referral for


    medical/social/economic services and support

    infertility diagnosis, counseling and treatment

    nutrition education and hygiene

    cancer screening and referral,


    other health services

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