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2002-37203
Acompañando a las mujeres: legal and safe self-managed abortion
FUNDACION PRO BIENESTAR SEXUAL Y REPRODUCTIVO (PROSER) 
Colombia
PROSER will introduce the legal sale of mifepristone through pharmacies in 10 municipalities in central Colombia to provide a legal, affordable and safe option for self-managed abortion. The project is supported by a network of medical professionals who prescribe abortion medication (mifepristone/misoprostol) after a health risk assessment. With a prescription, women can access the medication at their local pharmacy in person or by delivery. After taking the medication, the doctor follows-up via telephone to verify the result of the treatment. Information on abortion care is also disseminated though educational materials, including information on this new option of legal self-managed abortion.
Asociación Pro-bienestar de la Familia Colombiana (Profamilia) 
Colombia
Profamilia uses the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s social franchise toolkit to improve access to safe abortion care for women in conflict-affected Colombia. This includes: (i) developing a quality-assured network of health care providers trained in medical abortion and manual vacuum aspiration, stigma reduction, and legal training; (ii) dissemination of information on safe abortion services amongst people in these communities; and (iii) community empowerment education activities.
Fundación Oriéntame implements and tests a telemedicine service to provide access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including safe and legal medical abortion, for women and girls in remote areas of Colombia. This will be facilitated by a registered nurse based in a rural area of Colombia under the remote assistance of a physician from the Oriéntame Clinic. The nurse will use an information and communications technology platform to communicate with the physician, therefore meeting the local requirement that abortion medication be prescribed by a physician. In addition to medical abortion, the team will provide contraceptive counselling and screening for sexually transmitted infections.