An assessment of facility readiness for comprehensive abortion care in 12 districts of Pakistan using the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment tool-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An assessment of facility readiness for comprehensive abortion care in 12 districts of Pakistan using the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment tool

Published:2023-03-10 Issue:1 Volume:31 Page:
ISSN:2641-0397
Container-title:Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
language:en
Short-container-title:Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

Author:

Mahipala Palitha Gunarathna¹,Afzal Sabeen²,Uzma Qudsia³,Aabroo Atiya⁴,Hemachandra Nilmini⁵,Footman Katy⁶,Johnston Heidi Bart⁷,Ganatra Bela⁸,Reza Tahira Ezra⁹,Ahmad Ahsan Maqbool¹⁰,Hamza Hasan Bin¹¹,Umar Maida¹²,Hanif Kauser¹³,Awais Sayema¹⁴,Sarfraz Mariyam¹⁵,Thom Ellen¹⁶

Affiliation:

1. WHO Representative & Head of Mission, World Health Organization Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan

2. Deputy Director Programs, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Islamabad, Pakistan

3. Technical Officer RMNCAH, World Health Organization Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan. Correspondence:

4. Deputy Director Programs, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Islamabad, Pakistan

5. Technical Officer RMNCAH, World Health Organization Country Office for Myanmar, Yangon, Myanmar

6. Consultant, UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

7. Technical Officer, UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

8. Unit Head, UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

9. Director, Centre for Global Public Health-Pakistan, collaborative centre for Institute of Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Islamabad, Pakistan; Technical Advisor, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

10. Senior Technical Advisor, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Islamabad, Pakistan; Senior Technical Advisor, Centre for Global Public Health-Pakistan, collaborative centre for Institute of Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Islamabad, Pakistan; Technical Advisor, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

11. SRHR Advisor, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Islamabad, Pakistan

12. Statistician/ Data analyst, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

13. MNCH Specialist, Centre for Global Public Health-Pakistan, collaborative centre for Institute of Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Islamabad, Pakistan; MNCH Specialist, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

14. SRHR Coordinator, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Islamabad, Pakistan

15. Associate Professor, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

16. Team Lead for Healthier Population Cluster, World Health Organization, Islamabad, Pakistan

Funder

World Health Organization

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Subject

Obstetrics and Gynecology,Reproductive Medicine

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/26410397.2023.2178265

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