Midlevel Providers for Safe Abortion Services in Nepal- A Task Sharing Experience

Abstract

Nepal has made considerable progress in expanding safe abortion access in all 75 districts and till to date government has listed 331 CAC sites and trained 961 providers both physicians and nurses. Recently the government has trained 150 ANMs (SBA) of 90 rural health facilities as MA only providers. In order to provide safe, accessible, and acceptable abortion services, midlevel providers who possess recognized qualifications are legally permitted to provide first-trimester abortion services (both MVA and MA) along with post-abortion contraceptive counseling.