Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of a community-based distribution program in which lay providers offer women in Sindh, Pakistan misoprostol for early abortion.
Study design: We reviewed monitoring logbooks to examine pregnancy outcomes and analyzed logbook data using descriptive statistics.
Results: In late 2019, 120 women obtained abortion care through this program. None of the women (n = 0) were pregnant 4 weeks after initiating the regimen and none (n = 0) experienced complications requiring medical intervention.
Conclusions: Outcomes from this initiative may be valuable for those working to expand access to misoprostol-alone for early abortion in other settings.
Keywords: Asia; Community-based program; Fragile settings; Low resource settings; Medication abortion; Misoprostol.
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