Addressing the Challenges of Delivering Safe Abortion Services at Province and Local Levels in Nepal

On the agenda were lines to comply with the country’s move to Health Section at the Ministry of Social ways to improve the quality of safe abor- federalism. [...] Because CREHPA presented a review of gaps in This implied that the unmet need for safe of the health-system restructuring, staff services that highlighted the need for abortion was higher than average in the had transferred out of the province, result- province- and local-level guidelines to province, a situation likely stemming from ing in service disruptions. [...] ince-level stakeholders, including the CREHPA formed a technical advi- Sudurpashchim minister and the secretary sory committee, under the leadership of the Ministry of Social Development of Sudurpashchim’s chief of Public Dr. [...] Ministry of Health and Population and the National Drafting the Guidelines topics such as contraceptive use, abor- Statistics Office, National Population and Housing tion, and the extent to which unintended Census 2021: Nepal Maternal Mortality Study 2021, With support from CREHPA, the techni- pregnancies end in abortion or unplanned Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health and Population cal advisory. [...] The findings and conclusions contained within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of the donors.