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Changes in the use of manual vacuum aspiration for postabortion care within the public healthcare service network in Honduras
Author(s) -
Chinchilla Ana Ligia,
Flores Ivo Flores,
Morales Alma Fabiola,
de Gil Marina Padilla
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.03.006
Subject(s) - medicine , vacuum aspiration , christian ministry , medical emergency , health care , abortion , service (business) , action plan , family planning , nursing , environmental health , population , business , economic growth , research methodology , pregnancy , ecology , marketing , genetics , philosophy , theology , economics , biology
Honduras is one of the 17 priority countries included in the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Initiative for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences. The priority category enables the country to request emergency funding to acquire services or commodities that could contribute toward achieving the objectives laid out in its plan of action. These objectives include improving postabortion care by increasing the use of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) as an outpatient procedure with minimal human and material resources. Since the Ministry of Health lacked funding, use of the emergency fund was approved for the purchase and distribution of MVA kits nationwide to ensure continuity and the hope of increasing MVA use. Eleven hospitals participating in this initiative provided data for analysis of the outcome. These data show no increase in MVA use; however, as discussed in the article, further investigation provided valuable information on the reasons behind these results.