CONTENTS

          Chapters
  1. Women's Lives At Risk
  2. Planning Care to Save Women's Lives
  3. Complete Care: Providing Family Planning
  4. Appropriate Care: MVA and Local Anesthesia
  5. Prompt Care: Referral and Decentralization

HIGHLIGHTS

Population Reports is published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012, USA


Volume XXV, Number 1
September, 1997
 Prompt Care:
     Referral and Decentralization

Postabortion care can be effective only if women with abortion complications reach emergency care in time. Delays put women's lives at risk. Diagnosing complications of unsafe abortion quickly and treating or referring women promptly can prevent lifelong disability and save lives. Thus establishing a formal referral system and offering care at the lowest possible level of the health care system are key to improving and expanding postabortion care. At the same time, a postabortion care plan must work to ensure that women with severe complications receive the specialized care they need. Also, educating providers and the public about the need to seek medical care immediately when abortion complications arise can help women seek care in time (282).

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