Building a network of sentinel centres for the care of women in an abortion situation: advances in Latin America and the Caribbean

Previous reports have already estimated the overall number of abortions and the number of unsafe abortions in Latin America. Conversely, there are few reliable data from this region to inform public policies aiming to meet women’s needs. In this context, the Latin American Centre of Perinatology (Ce...

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Published in:	BMJ global health Vol. 7; no. 10; p. e010059
Main Authors:	Gomez Ponce de Leon, Rodolfo, Baccaro, Luiz Francisco, Rubio Schweizer, Gonzalo, Bahamondes, Valeria, Messina, Analia, de Francisco, Luis Andres, Serruya Jacob, Suzanne, Santana, Lucía, Boiza, Edgardo Daniel, Guzmán, Gonzalo Nicolás, Daverio, Fernando, Cabral, Marina Eve, Lukin, Graciela, Santiago, Osvaldo, Salgado, Pablo Andres, Gorena, Mirko, Valdez, Vianca Soledad, Pardo, Igor, Torrez, Vivien, Jesus, Elvio, Estrada, Fernandez, Luis, Jose, Vera, Barriga, Moreno, Amanda, Yassir, Jairo, Moises, Elaine, Cabar, Fábio, José, Francisco, Godoi, Franco, Francisco, Luiz, Baccaro, Cintra, Prado, Caio, Christine, Elaine, Moisés, Dantas, Schweizer, Gonzalo Rubio, Cabrera, Diane Gutiérrez, Solar, Francisca, Paladines, Paola, Caro, Jorge, Fernando, Oscar, Ortega, Marroquin, Peralta, Ruth Merida, Jimenez, Angela, Alviar, Juan Fernando, Villareal, Cristina, Martínez, Luz Forrero, Salas, Luis, Menjivar, Karen, Elizabeth, Cecilia, Alfaro, Ceron, Castro, Rigoberto, Gaido, Diana Lizeth, Martin, Jose, Ramirez, Rendon, Shedden, Allan Stefan, Jimenez, Marco Antonio, Fortin, Joel, Amaya, Jerry F, Amador, Mauricio Rodriguez, Espinosa, Jorge, Bravo, Raul, Ferreira, Juan Carlos, Ruttia, Ruben, Rios, Hugo, Ramírez, Edgard, Raul, Victor, Vasquez, Vitancio, Dextre, Magda Lopez, Chavez, Homero Mejia, Rios, Enrique Guevara, Ortiz, Irma Allahui, Clemencia, Fresia, Quintros, Rotta, Mambert, Antonio, Figueroa, Luna, Aliaga, Carlos Francisco, Gongora, Amadeo Sanchez, Patiño, Aneudy, Ramírez, Yuderkis Moreno, Sanchez, Jocelyn, Henriquez, Odalis, Hilaire, Erika Saint
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01-10-2022 BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects:	Abortion Data collection epidemiology Health care Health care access health systems health systems evaluation maternal health obstetrics Patient safety Practice Public policy Reproductive health Sexual health Womens health Caribbean area Latin America
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Summary:	Previous reports have already estimated the overall number of abortions and the number of unsafe abortions in Latin America. Conversely, there are few reliable data from this region to inform public policies aiming to meet women’s needs. In this context, the Latin American Centre of Perinatology (Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatología (CLAP)) created a network specialising in the care of women in an abortion situation (CLAP MUSA-Network) in an attempt to strengthen healthcare surveillance in Latin America by using the Perinatal Information System (Sistema Informático Perinatal (SIP)). This system was developed by the CLAP with a special module named SIP Abortion (SIP-A), a data collection tool designed by Latin American experts to be routinely used in cases of legal and incomplete abortions. The SIP-A follows the standards established by WHO, allowing investigators to systematise information, generate local reports and monitor changes after training and follow-up interventions based on national guidelines. This network promotes collaborative work between institutions to strengthen epidemiological surveillance, cooperative investigation and development of a critical mass of professionals skilled in sexual and reproductive health. Currently, 29 sentinel centres from 13 countries jointly work exchanging information to improve surveillance of healthcare indicators of women in an abortion situation. Latin America was the first region in the world to have a network of sentinel centres that continuously monitors healthcare provision to these women. Data collected by this network are already being used to design, implement and evaluate public policies.
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ISSN:	2059-7908 2059-7908
DOI:	10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010059