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Cross-Sector Collaboration to Enhance Access and Services for Post-Abortion Care and Post-Abortion Contraception

July 22, 2022

As an effort to encourage the availability of comprehensive, woman-centered Post-Abortion Care (PAC) services throughout Indonesia and to improve access and quality of family planning services, especially post-abortion contraception, the IPAS Indonesia Foundation collaborates with cross-sectoral partners through a working meeting of the POGI Family Planning Working Group with its partners.

This working meeting is part of the 24th Indonesian Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (KOGI), attended by cross-sectoral representatives, professional colleagues, and experts. The IPAS Foundation supported the organization of this meeting, which was held in a hybrid format on July 23, 2022, in Pekanbaru, as a pre-Congress KOGI activity for July 25 – 27, 2022.
The theme of this year’s POGI Family Planning and Reproductive Health Working Group meeting is to improve access and quality of Family Planning and Reproductive Health services, as well as efforts to reduce stunting through Postpartum Family Planning in Indonesia. These concrete efforts involve both service providers and policymakers.
The attendees of this event included:

  1. Dr. Ilyas Angsar, SpOG, Head of the POGI Family Planning and Reproductive Health Working Group, presented a review of the Working Group’s performance for 2018-2022.
  2. Dr. Eni Gustina, MPH, Deputy for Family Planning and Reproductive Health, presented on BKKBN’s policy regarding Family Planning and Reproductive Health services.
  3. Drg. Kartini Rustandi, M.Kes., Director of Productive Age and Elderly Health, presented on the Ministry of Health’s policy regarding Family Planning and Reproductive Health services.
  4. Dr. dr. Donel, SpOG(K), Head of the POGI Pekanbaru Branch, shared experiences participating in the Training of Trainers (TOT) for Contraceptive Services with the new curriculum module – Dr. dr. Donel, SpOG(K) – Head of the POGI Pekanbaru Branch.
  5. Dr. R. Detty Siti Nurdiaty, MPH, PhD, SpOG(K), presented on the training for Post-Abortion Care (PAC) services using AVM.
  6. Prof. Dr. dr. Budi Wiweko, SpOG(K), MPH, Secretary-General of PP POGI, presented on Contraceptive Services training using metaverse technology (Augmented and Virtual Reality).
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Through this activity, it is hoped to strengthen cooperation with POGI, especially the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Working Group, the Ministry of Health, BKKBN, Ob/Gyn residency education centers, and other partners. Furthermore, this activity also demonstrates the IPAS Indonesia Foundation’s continuous support for the government in reducing Maternal Mortality Rates and improving the health status of women and adolescent girls in general.