If we want women to have access to abortion and contraceptive care during the pandemic, we must make sure health workers feel safe doing their jobs. Our team in Nepal recently saw this firsthand.

At a health center in a rural district of Nepal, providers felt unsafe giving women contraceptive implants because they lacked personal protective equipment (PPE). They had started only offering condoms and contraceptive pills, limiting women’s options. One provider told the Ipas Nepal team she had young children at home and simply couldn’t risk infection. After Ipas delivered boxes of PPE to the facility, this same provider reported she felt happier and safer—and that the center had restarted implant services and already provided four women with implants in just two days.

Stories like this illustrate the importance of Ipas’s work to give health providers the information, training and supplies they need to safely offer abortion and contraceptive care. You can fund essential, fast-moving work like this with a donation to our COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund. As we learn about the pandemic’s impact on abortion care, you can help us bring aid—including PPE—where it is needed most.

Please take just a moment to learn more about our Rapid Response Fund and support this vital work with a donation today.