The primary goal of the project is to increase the capacity of our Member Associations to provide high quality comprehensive abortion care services.
One of IPPF's goals is the universal recognition of a woman's right to choose and have access to safe abortion, and a reduction in the incidence of unsafe abortion.
On 1 May 2007 a global project on comprehensive abortion care was approved for an initial period of five years.
The project will work in five IPPF regions:
The Western Hemisphere Region is being funded separately by the same donor and they will collaborate in sharing experience, tools and results.
This grant represents a great opportunity for IPPF to extend the scale, scope and quality of our abortion-related activities.
Lessons learnt from IPPF's Quality of Care programme and other global initiatives will provide valuable input for the GCACP implementation.
It is intended that the learning acquired from this project will allow abortion programmes and services to be scaled up throughout IPPF.