RCT | A telemedicine model for abortion in South Africa.

A telemedicine model for abortion in South Africa: a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

News Release: Telemedicine can give vulnerable women access to safe medical abortions – Karolinska Institutet

Commentaries on Twitter

Researchers report that their telemedicine model for medical #abortion—with uterine palpation as the sole in-person component—was non-inferior to standard care in a low-resource setting. https://t.co/kUMVxYBrI9 pic.twitter.com/sPjgxsB1bK

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) August 30, 2022

Medical #abortion can be carried out safely and effectively via #telemedicine, finds an RCT published in @TheLancet by Margit Endler and colleagues at KI & @UCT_news. This method can potentially reduce the number of unsafe abortions in resource-poor areas. https://t.co/UoNPnD23Hp pic.twitter.com/ac0mvyaJeU

— Karolinska Institutet (@karolinskainst) September 7, 2022

Note: medical abortion is not a legalized procedure in Brazil.