Addis Ababa – More than 90% of all clients who received an abortion at an MSI clinic in Ethiopia last year left with a modern family planning method, according to MSI’s 2007 management report. MSI chief executive, Dana Hovig, said this achievement is one example of MSI’s commitment to post-abortion contraception.
“This commitment shows MSI at its best: meeting the near term need of women with unintended pregnancies, while addressing the long term need for women to control their fertility and have children by choice, not chance,” said Hovig.
Client flow at MSI Ethiopia clinics is specifically designed to ensure that, prior to check-out, abortion clients receive a consultation to discuss the range of family planning options available to them. Clinic teams offer discounts on family planning methods taken-up immediately following an abortion.
MSI Ethiopia’s former programme director, Getachew Bekele, was recently appointed to serve as a senior adviser to the MSI Global Partnership, in part to ensure that lessons learnt in this area will be used to the benefit of other MSI country programmes.
MSI's programme in Ethiopia