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Photo Exhibit: Siding with science for healthy outcomes [1]

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Date: 2024-03-11

Celebrating access to safe abortion care for the health and rights of women and girls

Access to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, is a core human right. The year 2024 is a landmark year for sexual and reproductive health and rights, with milestones including 20 years since the WHO reproductive health strategy and 30 years since the International Conference on Population Development in Cairo established the contemporary rights-based approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights that guides us today.

It is well documented that the ability to decide if and when to have children, and access to safe, timely, respectful and person-centred abortion care, and post-abortion care, when needed, helps to safeguard the health and well-being of women, girls, their families and their communities.

WHO’s Abortion care guideline promotes an enabling environment in which people are active participants in their health and care. As people move through the abortion care pathway (pre-abortion, abortion, post-abortion), health services must be integrated within the health sector to ensure that service delivery meets the needs of women and girls — equitably and without discrimination.

WHO and the UN Special Programme on Human Reproduction (HRP) are proud to share these photos, taken in partnership with Regional Offices, Country Offices and their partners, and with the full, informed consent of all participants, though names have been changed to protect privacy. With this exhibition, we celebrate the role people play in their own health, as well as the life-saving, life-changing impact of healthcare workers committed to delivering quality abortion care, including post-abortion care.

This exhibit, viewable online, was previously on display at WHO headquarters in Geneva, then at the Palais des Nations also in Geneva.

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