References & Resources

The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service-delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommendations and best practices described in this document aim to enable evidence-based decision-making with respect to quality abortion care.

This two-page material provides simple instructions for safely using abortion with pills and is intended as a resource for health providers to share with their patients.

This two-page material provides simple instructions for safely using abortion with pills and is intended as a resource for health providers to share with their patients.

This two-page material provides simple instructions for safely using abortion with pills and is intended as a resource for health providers to share with their patients.

This two-page material provides simple instructions for safely using abortion with pills and is intended as a resource for health providers to share with their patients.

COPE® Handbook: A Process for Improving Quality in Health Services, Revised Edition reflects lessons that EngenderHealth and its counterparts in more than 45 countries have learned over the past decades in developing, applying, evaluating, and adapting COPE. In this revision, the handbook’s format has been updated to be more user-friendly for facilitators as they orient managers, train site facilitators, guide facility staff in using the COPE tools, and adapt the COPE process and tools to best fit the facility’s needs. The chapters are organized to take the reader from an introduction to the concepts of COPE and quality improvement to the basics of how to prepare and lead the first COPE exercises, facilitate an Action Plan Meeting, conduct subsequent exercises, perform a Client-Flow Analysis, and follow up between exercises.

This manual is designed to be a resource for individuals who provide training in reproductive health, whether they work with healthcare providers, managers, advocates, or community members. It is designed to help these individuals strengthen their training and facilitation skills, enabling them to plan and implement more effective training courses and events.

Ipas produced this toolkit for humanitarian audiences to explore their values, attitudes and knowledge related to abortion—with the goal of helping close the service-delivery gap in abortion care.

This tip sheet provides basic information on the use of pelvic models for competency-based MVA training. Trainers should refer to the Ipas training curricula for in-depth training information; this guidance can also be adapted to other contexts.