Table 4. PAC services: no. of clients, method of uterine evacuation, and family planning acceptance by year.
| 2015 (Mar–Dec) |
2016 (Jan–Dec) |
2017 (Jan–Dec) |
2018 (Jan–Jul) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of PAC clients | 484 | 851 | 1163 | 1013 | 3511 |
| Method of uterine evacuation, n (%) | |||||
| Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) | 375 (77.5) | 665 (78.1) | 897 (77.1) | 672 (66.4) | 2609 (74.3) |
| Misoprostol | 35 (7.2) | 66 (7.7) | 110 (9.6) | 137 (13.5) | 348 (9.9) |
| Dilation and curettage (D&C)* | 43 (8.9) | 47 (5.5) | 29 (2.5) | 74 (7.3) | 193 (5.5) |
| No uterine evacuation required | 31 (6.4) | 73 (8.7) | 127 (10.8) | 130 (12.8) | 361 (10.3) |
| Accepted method of FP before discharge, n (%) | 89 (18.4) | 261 (30.7) | 438 (37.7) | 402 (39.7) | 1190 (33.9) |
*Per WHO guidance, the preferred method of evacuation of the uterus is manual vacuum aspiration. Dilation and curettage should be used only if manual vacuum aspiration is not available.28