Shaw Dorothy
British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Jul;126 Suppl 1:S3-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.03.009. Epub 2014 Apr 1.
The origins of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Initiative for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences began in 1969 when a young British medical student encountered a young woman in Canada with complications of unsafe abortion. Through evolving understanding of the context of women's lives, including the role of family planning and access to safe abortion globally in preventing the deaths and imprisonment of women, I was able to contribute to FIGO's advocacy through a collaborative initiative with country-led action plans based on a situational analysis. Forty-six member associations rapidly agreed to participate with results of situational analyses-an unprecedented result in FIGO's history. Professor Anibal Faúndes' role has been pivotal to the success of this initiative, including the establishment of a working group of regional coordinators and collaborating agencies to oversee the implementation of action plans involving in-country partners and the Ministry of Health. Deaths from unsafe abortion and its complications are preventable.
国际妇产科联合会（FIGO）预防不安全堕胎及其后果倡议的起源始于1969年，当时一名年轻的英国医科学生在加拿大遇到一名因不安全堕胎而出现并发症的年轻女子。通过对女性生活背景的不断理解，包括全球范围内计划生育和安全堕胎在预防女性死亡和监禁方面的作用，我能够通过一项基于形势分析的、由国家主导行动计划的合作倡议，为FIGO的宣传工作做出贡献。46个成员协会迅速同意参与形势分析结果——这在FIGO的历史上是前所未有的结果。阿尼巴尔·方德斯教授的作用对该倡议的成功至关重要，包括设立一个由区域协调员和合作机构组成的工作组，以监督涉及国内合作伙伴和卫生部的行动计划的实施。不安全堕胎及其并发症导致的死亡是可以预防的。
