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Editorial
. 2019 Aug 27;7(Suppl 2):S211-S214.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00262. Print 2019 Aug 22.

Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: Reducing Mortality Among Women and Their Children

Ellen Starbird  1 , Kathryn Crawford  2
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Editorial

Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: Reducing Mortality Among Women and Their Children

Ellen Starbird et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

Accessible, affordable, and high-quality postabortion care (PAC) can prevent maternal death and disability and provides an important opportunity to prevent future unintended pregnancies. This supplement offers learnings on PAC provision from the community of partners around the world, including service delivery and community engagement models, approaches to support facility-based providers, best practices in pre- and post-procedure counseling, and approaches to institutionalize PAC in public- and private-sector health systems.

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USAID’s Postabortion Care Model Abbreviations: FP, family planning; RH, reproductive health; STI, sexually transmitted infection; USAID, United States Agency for International Development.
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