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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 22, 2014 - Issue sup44: Expanding access to medical abortion
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Original Research Articles

Pharmacy workers in Nepal can provide the correct information about using mifepristone and misoprostol to women seeking medication to induce abortion

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Figures & data

Figure 1 Pharmacy shops and pharmacy workers’ enrolment at different phases of the study.

Table 1 Profile of the pharmacy workers participating in the study.

Table 2 Availability, source and over-the-counter sale of MA drugs by pharmacy workers (%).Footnotea

Table 3 Brand names of mifepristone and misoprostol sold at pharmacy shops, both districts.Footnotea

Table 4 Percentage distribution of pharmacy workers with correct knowledge about provision of medical abortion drugs (%)FootnoteaFootnoteb.Footnotec

Table 5 Knowledge about assessing abortion completeness and conditions/symptoms requiring immediate referral for treatment (%)FootnoteaFootnotebFootnotec.

Table 6 Outcome of visits by 11,480 women for abortion advice to pharmacy shops in the intervention group.

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