1902-31941

Novel mHealth solution for self-managed abortions for Venezuelan women

  Vitala Global Foundation               Venezuela

Vitala Global Foundation develops and tests an integrated mobile health tool that can facilitate self-management of medical abortion for Venezuelan women living in a fragile setting. The goal of this tool is to guide women through self-assessment of abortion eligibility and abortion success, send automatic text messages to provide support, and include information for referral clinics if needed. Following the principles of user-centered design, Vitala Global Foundation will (i) facilitate interviews with target beneficiaries, engage community-based organizations, abortion experts and mobile application developers; (ii) conduct usability testing for potential designs/prototypes; and (iii) conduct a study with Venezuelan women to evaluate the mobile tool.

1912-31219

HER VOICE: Augmenting vulnerable Kenyan girls and women with disability access to safe abortion services through a disability friendly mobile outreach model and home based support services

  Women Spaces Africa               Kenya

Women Spaces Africa develops and tests an outreach strategy that trains community health workers with disabilities in Nairobi to become peer educators. The peer educators will conduct community outreach and home visits to women and girls with disabilities and will engage the women and girls in training on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), specifically medical abortion. The training will also integrate economic empowerment skills, and group lending will be established to support income-generating activities. Furthermore, the women and girls with disabilities will design materials for a disability-friendly text hotline and braille educational communication materials on medical abortion and SRHR. These materials will be distributed to resource centers for people with disabilities, and health care providers will also be trained on disability-friendly medical abortion.

1902-32000

Missed Period Pill: Expanding access to fertility control in Senegal

  Gynuity              Senegal

Gynuity Health Projects explores the feasibility of and develops a strategy for a new user-controlled method to help women and girls manage missed menses. Gynuity will also explore the possibility of expanding access to combipacks through the indication of early pregnancy loss.

1902-31681

Mobile Connect – An integrated mHealth intervention to address unsafe abortion among female sex workers in Vietnam

  Center for Promotion of Advancement of Society             Vietnam

Center for Promotion of Advancement of Society delivers sexual reproductive health education to female sex workers in Vietnam using technology and by delivering peer-provided services. Mobile Connect, will provide interactive short messaging services (SMS) and tele-counseling to share information on unwanted pregnancy, safe abortion, stigma reduction, and safe services. Trained peer educators will provide the women interested in participating with education, counseling and referrals to specialist abortion services when needed. Center for Promotion of Advancement of Society will also develop and test digital counseling tools for providers to deliver friendly abortion care.

1902-31815

Development of new abortion medications by using existing medications in new ways

  Gynuity            United-States​

Gynuity Health Projects assesses existing medications to identify alternative safe and effective abortifacients. Gynuity will conduct a comprehensive literature review of each medication to assess the potential effectiveness, the possible barriers to development and the likelihood to fill market gaps. In consultation with an advisory group, Gynuity will then conduct a preliminary dosing and safety study with the most promising candidate.