3.3 Post-abortion care
What are the components of post-abortion care? (Remember you studied this in Study Session 20 of the Antenatal Care, Part 2 Module.)
Post-abortion care has three important components:
- Emergency treatment of abortion and potentially life-threatening complications
- Post-abortion family planning services including counselling
- Making links between the post-abortion emergency services and the reproductive healthcare system.
3.2.3 Complications from unsafe abortion