Network: Reproductive Health after Pregnancy
Summer 1997, Volume 17, Number 4

• Opinion: Improve Family Planning after Pregnancy
• Important Needs Follow Pregnancy
• Quality Focuses on Clients' Needs
• Better Postpartum Care Saves Lives
• Involving Men After Pregnancy
• Family Planning Needed After Abortion

Copyright Family Health International, 1997. 
Network is reprinted with permission from Family Health International.

Opinion: Improve Family Planning after Pregnancy

Reproductive health services after pregnancy need to improve in many countries, according to an opinion article by Dr. Roberto Rivera of Family Health International and Dr. José Antonio Solís of the Pan American Health Organization.

Important Needs Follow Pregnancy

Coordinating family planning with other health services during and after pregnancy can help improve reproductive health. A chart on When to Begin Methods after Pregnancy is included. Training: An Essential Step offers examples of recent training programs.

Quality Focuses on Clients' Needs

Postpartum and postabortion reproductive health goals can differ, an important factor in providing high-quality services.

Better Postpartum Care Saves Lives

More than 60 percent of maternal deaths occur in the postpartum period, when prevention strategies are often lacking.

Involving Men after Pregnancy

Worldwide, 30 percent of couples depend on methods requiring male cooperation.

Family Planning Needed after Abortion

Postabortion women should know that fertility returns quickly and consider contraceptive options. Hospital Staff Trained to Provide Family Planning discusses innovative steps taken in a Colombian hospital that treats more than 250 women a month for complications of incomplete abortion.

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