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2201-60165

Improving Access to Abortion and Contraception & Creating a Sustainable SRH Ecosystem for Young Women and Girls

Ipas Development Foundation           India

Ipas Development Foundation aims to advance government policies on safe abortion and SRH services for young women through decentralization, task shifting, and creating a referral system between community health clinics to higher level health facilities. IDF previously received Transition to Scale funding, and with additional funding, IDF aims to expand its geographic coverage in four states of Assam, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, and to operationalize the new safe abortion law (Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021) strengthening 720 health facilities and servicing 259,000 people through improved safe abortion and SRH services. IDF’s model includes: a youth-based SRH outreach program, an AI-powered chatbot offering SRH information and services, comprehensive abortion and contraceptive care, and technical assistance to national and state level governments and strengthen SRH services.

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2207-54768

Using Machine Learning to improve access to safe abortion services among vulnerable populations

  William J Clinton Foundation              India

Innovator Story: From Fear to Acceptance: Supporting Young Women’s Reproductive Choices in Rural India 

The William J Clinton Foundation seeks to reduce the incidence of unsafe abortions by equipping Community Health Workers – public sector Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) – with the tools to identify and target at-risk women to increase their awareness of safe abortion methods and SRH. To identify at-risk women, a risk tool powered by AI and data will be developed in partnership with Surgo Venture. ASHAs will be provided with a paper-based format of the tool to help them assess women in their catchment areas on abortion risk factors. Following the identification of women from high-risk segments, ASHAs will be trained to provide tailored messages, aided by printed IEC material, to address knowledge gaps and unsafe behaviours.