Safe Abortion Supplies workstream
Within the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC), we see the prevention of pregnancy, the termination of pregnancy, and the delivery of a newborn as critical life events shaping the reproductive health and well-being of any woman. But the safe and effective outcome of all these events hinges on the availability, choice, and affordability of quality-assured supplies.
The Safe Abortion Supplies (SAS) workstream is dedicated to increasing access to, and awareness of, high quality safe abortion supplies including mifepristone, misoprostol, manual vacuum aspiration (MVA), and combipacks. With key stakeholders and dedicated partners, this group is working to share relevant information and implement collective actions to achieve this goal.
The Secretariat support for this workstream is funded by FCDO, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, an anonymous donor, and others.
Publications
- Excel Tool: Example of National Quantification Tool for Safe Abortion Supplies
- Market Assessment for Medical Abortion Drugs in Argentina
- Lessons learned: Leveraging the role of national distributors to accelerate access to medical abortion combi-packs in sub-Saharan Africa
- Cost of goods sold analysis and recommendations to reduce costs of co‑packaged mifepristone–misoprostol for medical abortion
- Registering mifepristone for indications other than first trimester abortion - A landscape analysis report
- Mifepristona y misoprostol en seis países de América Latina: procesos de registro y disponibilidad
- Mifepristone's Multiple RH Indications: An overlooked opportunity for expanding access
- Múltiples indicaciones de la mifepristona en salud reproductiva: Una oportunidad desaprovechada para ampliar el acceso
- Landscape Assessment: Leveraging the role of national distributors to increase access to MA combi-packs in Africa
- Ensuring Access to Safe Abortion Supplies: Landscaping of barriers and opportunities
Co-chairs
Andrea Fearneyhough
Director, SRH Projects
Population Services International
Washington, DC
afearneyhough@psi.org
Petra Procter
Senior Program Manager
Concept Foundation
Geneva, Switzerland
p.procter@conceptfoundation.org
Secretariat contact
Sarah Webb
Senior Technical Officer
Washington, DC, USA
Email: swebb@rhsupplies.org