Meeting of the Guidelines Development Group (GDG) for the update and consolidation of guidelines for safe abortion care

WHO has released new details regarding membership of the Guidelines Development Group (GDG) for the update and consolidation of the following guidelines: 

Safe Abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems,
2012

Health worker roles in providing safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception, 2015) and

Medical Management of Abortion,
2019

The meeting of the GDG will be held on
27-30 April 2021 and will focus on reviewing the latest evidence relating to the epidemiological, clinical, service delivery, legal and human rights aspects of providing safe abortion care. The purpose of the meeting is to review the evidence,
then provide recommendations and guidance on safe abortion care.

List of experts with biographies

See list of experts

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