We are delighted to announce a new collaboration between FIGO (International Federation of Ob-Gyns), the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the UN’s Special Programme in Human Reproduction (HRP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to enhance inter-professional cooperation and improve contraception and abortion care across five countries in Africa and Asia.
“Collaborate for Women: Abortion and Contraception Care Together” (C4W ACCT) will strengthen capacity and support for national uptake of competency-based education in family planning (FP) and comprehensive abortion care (CAC) in Bangladesh, DRC, Mozambique, Nepal and Sierra Leone. It will also build on inter-professional collaboration among ob-gyns, midwives and allied healthcare professionals to ensure sustainable improvements in women’s health.
C4W ACCT will engage with national societies of obstetrics and gynaecology, midwives’ associations, WHO country offices and other key stakeholders to develop context- specific strategies to incorporate competency-based learning into national education programmes, increase access to family planning and comprehensive abortion care services and advance sexual and reproductive health.
SOURCE: FIGO, 29 May 2025