VSI Publication

Increasing Access to Injectable Contraceptives in Ethiopia

VSI
UC Berkeley Bixby Center
2010

In Ethiopia the unmet need for family planning is one of the highest in the world; 34% of women who desire to control their fertility lack access to a modern form of contraception.

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Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Northern Nigeria

VSI
UC Berkeley Bixby Center
2010

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) makes a significant contribution to the number of maternal deaths in Nigeria. This brief summarizes research demonstrating misoprostol is a safe and effective means to control PPH at home births in five communities in Northern Nigeria.

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Community-based Prevention of PPH with Misoprostol in Mozambique

VSI
UC Berkeley Bixby Center
2011

This brief summarizes the final results a collaborative community-based pilot project of VSI, AMOG, the Bixby Center at UC Berkeley, and PSI. Results show that antenatal care visits and additional community-based strategies, such as TBAs, are key opportunities to reach women with misoprostol and educate them on its use for prevention of PPH.

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Expanding Access to Postabortion Care Services in Mozambique

VSI
UC Berkeley Bixby Center
2012

VSI, AMOG and the Bixby Center at UC Berkeley conducted operations research addressing unsafe abortion with misoprostol in Mozambique. This research brief demonstrates that misoprostol is a promising alternative to surgical methods of treating incomplete abortion, and that expanding the level of health facility and provider trained on misoprostol can increase women’s access to these essential services.

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Misoprostol Distribution at Antenatal Care in Tanzania

VSI
UC Berkeley Bixby Center
2011

Final results shared at the dissemination meeting on 3 March 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This brief highlights results from the Ifakara Health Institute and VSI project to protect women from postpartum hemorrhage at home births in four districts of Tanzania.

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Misoprostol Use in Postabortion Care: A Service Delivery Toolkit

VSI
2011

This toolkit is designed to help district or national-level clinicians, facility managers or program managers initiate the use of misoprostol as a medical treatment for incomplete abortion or integrate misoprostol into existing postabortion care services.

Click here to download the Toolkit in French. / La version française se trouve ici.

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Comprehensive Abortion Care Pilot Project in Tigray, Ethiopia

VSI
UC Berkeley Bixby Center
2011

VSI, the Tigray Regional Health Bureau and the Bixby Center at UC Berkeley conducted a pilot program assessing the feasibility of providing comprehensive abortion care at all levels of the health care system in Tigray, Ethiopia, including by Health Extension Workers.

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The Role of Misoprostol in Scaling Up Postabortion Care

N. Sahin-Hodoglugil
VSI
2009

This letter, published in International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, presents the benefits of misoprostol for use in treating incomplete abortion. Its relative ease of use for this indication and cost-effectiveness, render misoprostol a key tool for scaling up access to postabortion care services in remote areas where deaths from unsafe abortion are common.

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Scaling up of Misoprostol for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in 29 Upazilas of Bangladesh

VSI
UC Berkeley Bixby Center
2009

The results from this collaborative operations research project between the ICDDR,B, RDRS, VSI and the Bixby Center at UC Berkeley show that the incorporation of misoprostol into clean delivery kits is a feasible intervention to prevent excessive bleeding after childbirth in the high numbers of women delivering at home in this densely populated country.

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Reaching Women Where They Are: 2009/2010 VSI Biennial Report

VSI
2009

Read about VSI’s accomplishments and get to know a few project beneficiaries featured in this biennial report from 2009 and 2010. Learn more on how VSI is “reaching women where they are” with affordable, effective solutions to improve women’s health.

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