Preventing unsafe abortion: Achievements and challenges of a global FIGO initiative.

FIGO established a Working Group on the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion in 2007 and a parallel program or "Initiative" with the same name. The initiative involved 46 FIGO member societies from seven regions: South-Southeast Asia, Eastern-Central Europe and Central Asia, North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern-Central-Southern Africa, Western-Central Africa, Central America and Caribbean, and South America. Each society working in collaboration with the corresponding Ministry of Health and other agencies conducted a situational analysis and prepared a plan of action based on the findings.

Impact of structured counseling on the selection of hormonal contraceptive methods: results of a multi-centric, observational study in India.

Objective: To determine the influence of "structured contraception counseling" on Indian women's selection of contraceptive methods.

Methods: Women (≥18 and ≤40 years) requesting contraception were enrolled at 36 sites. "Structured contraception counseling" was provided by a health care professional on the available contraceptive methods.