Expanding our reach: an evaluation of the availability and quality of postabortion care services in three regions in Ethiopia between 2000 and 2004.

This report evaluates the successes and challenges of expanding postabortion care in Ethiopia where unsafe abortion may account for up to a quarter or more of maternal deaths. Covering four years of collaboration between Ipas Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Regional Health Bureaus this extensive study details improvements in the availability and overall quality of postabortion care but also documents the continuing need for comprehensive reproductive health care training for health-care providers and adequate supplies of medical instruments and contraceptives.