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Safe Abortion in Mexico Health Problem? A Right which is Finally Getting Access? Jeazul Ponce NMO: IFMSA-Mexico Benem茅rita Universidad Aut贸noma de Puebla, Mexico gblue.1990@gmail.com
Medical education in Mexico has significant shortcomings in the field of sexual and reproductive health, and provides students little information needed for recognition of abortion as a relevant problem in the practice of medicine. Medical education lacks options for clinical training of future physicians in models for comprehensive abortion care, including the use of safe and effective technologies, and a range of services to meet the needs of women. Between 1990 and 2005, abortion was the third leading cause of maternal mortality in Mexico City, while at the national level it was the fifth. In 2005, the average annual rate of hospitalization for abortion per thousand women aged 15 to 49 years in Mexico City was 9.1%, significantly up compared to the national flag, which was 5.8%. Mexico City is the only one of the 32 districts in the country that has a law which allows legal abortion before 12 weeks of gestation. The law was adopted in April 2007 and has allowed 31,033 proceedings until September 11 last year in hospitals of the Mexican mayor, according to official figures. Ipas Mexico and SCORA Mexico, began work in February 2012, with Ipas Mexico trainers attending the XVIIIl National Assembly in Puebla in 2012. The main objective of this work together was to sensitize medical students to a topic, which in Latin America is still a taboo, by explaining medical procedures and sexual rights, including reproductive health issues. Another objective was to encourage and train new coaches to spread the message and goals on issues of law and access to health services. With two years of collaboration, trainings, four national assemblies, and through distributing educational materials, we are still looking for real change. Medical Students Worldwide | Taiwan AM 2014