Results of a government and NGO partnership for provision of safe abortion services in Uttarakhand, India: A pre and post-intervention evaluation of increasing access to safe abortion services (IASAS) program

To reduce the extent of maternal mortality due to unsafe abortion, the state government of Uttarakhand recognized the importance of ensuring safe abortion services in the state. The ‘Increasing Access to Safe Abortion Services (IASAS)’ project was the first collaborative initiative of the state government and Ipas. This report is a pre and post evaluation of the “Increasing Access to Safe Abortion Services (IASAS)” project.