The Centre for Women’s Global Health has developed a number of free resources to promote best practice and improve healthcare provision.
Abortion resources
Abortion Care and Abortion Advocacy eLearning
The Making Abortion Safe Programme’s online learning modules provide health workers, students and educators with practical knowledge about abortion care and abortion advocacy they can apply wherever they work in the world.
Best Practice Papers
Best Practice Papers on abortion, post-abortion care, post-abortion contraception and telemedicine for abortion bring together guidance from organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the RCOG and NICE.
These papers were updated in 2022 and peer-reviewed by international sexual and reproductive health and rights experts. Those on abortion and post-abortion care are available in English, French, Arabic and Spanish.
If you would like to adapt the Best Practice Papers for your local context get in touch with the Centre for Women’s Global Health on cfwgh@rcog.org.uk.
RCOG and Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH) key messages on safe abortion
Courses
The Centre for Women’s Global Health has developed a range of courses to provide in-service training for healthcare professionals in low-income settings. These include:
- Essential Obstetric Skills
- Essential Gynaecological Skills
- Comprehensive Abortion Care
- Comprehensive Post-abortion Care
- Post-abortion Contraception
- Post-partum Contraception
- Post-partum Contraception Counselling
To discuss a course with the Centre team, email cfwgh@rcog.org.uk
Position and Policy Statements
The RCOG has a number of global position and policy statements.
Reducing and managing stigma experienced by providers of abortion care
RCOG and FSRH statement on decriminalisation of abortion, August 2022.
Joint statement on ‘Abortion reversal’: The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP).
RCOG self-management abortion statement.