Training series on mifepristone medical abortion for Mexican providers

In March of 2011 the first mifepristone product was registered in Mexico. The Secretary of Health of Mexico City oversees the largest public sector abortion service and free distribution of the mifepristone regimen. Until now, a misoprostol-alone regimen served as the first-line treatment for early pregnancy termination. Gynuity was invited to train public sector health care providers in preparation of the new medical abortion regimen working in hospitals and primary care clinics and also trained dozens of telephone hotline workers including health care providers, social workers and psychologists, who handle inquiries about abortion services and medical abortion from women in the Federal District and throughout the country.