FRONTIERS PROJECT
Technical Assistance to Pathfinder for Postabortion Care Operations Research

To improve the quality of the postabortion care (PAC) program in Bolivia, Pathfinder is conducting a series of diagnostic and operations research studies in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH). FRONTIERS provided technical assistance to Pathfinder for the implementation of its operations research project on PAC in Bolivia, including training Pathfinder’s Bolivia staff members and their MOH counterparts from participating hospitals in research topics related to the implementation of the study. Results revealed that barriers in developing the PAC program include provider resistance to new techniques (64 percent), lack of appropriate service-delivery protocols (40 percent), and high demand for services and insufficient staff (40 percent).

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Location

Bolivia

Duration

September 2002–October 2004

Population Council researcher

Fernando Gonzáles

Non-Council collaborators

Asociación de Programas de Salud del Area Rural (APSAR)

Center for Research, Education, and Services (CIES)

PROSALUD

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type. 

2005
Gonzáles, Fernando and Máriel Loayza. “Operations research to improve postabortion care (PAC) services in three public hospitals, Bolivia,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 270 KB)

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See Also

• Bolivia
• General Quality of Care
• Postabortion Care
• Technical Assistance/Institution Building
• Operations Research
• FRONTIERS Bolivia
• FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement
• FRONTIERS Technical Assistance/Institution Building
• FRONTIERS Research Tools
• FRONTIERS Postabortion Care

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