Clinical practice handbook for quality abortion care

Overview

The WHO Clinical practice handbook for quality abortion care is intended to facilitate the practical application of the clinical recommendations from WHO’s 2022 Abortion care guideline. While legal, regulatory, policy and service-delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommendations and best practices described in both of these documents aim to enable evidence-based decision-making with respect to quality abortion care.

This handbook is oriented to health workers who already have the requisite skills and training necessary to provide quality abortion care and/or treat complications of unsafe abortion. It is neither a substitute for formal training, nor a training manual.