Using evidence to improve quality of pharmacy-delivered medical abortion

The goal of family planning and reproductive health operations research is to generate evidence that helps policies and programmes maximize access to and quality of services for women and their families. Yet the crucial step of ensuring the utilization of that evidence often receives inconsistent or inadequate attention. There is relatively little monitoring and reporting on whether and to what effect research findings are utilized, or on the nature, process, and efficacy of the strategies employed to achieve this.