We, ACORCA-COARCA are a newly formed African Coalition focused on abortion research and its effective use within policy and practice. Our coalition is motivated by the burden of unsafe abortion on the African continent, the need for policy reform to support access to safe and comprehensive abortion care (CAC) and the need to bridge the gap between the production of research and its use by policymakers and civil society. ACORCA-COARCA is the first African-led entity focused on pooling institutional and individual efforts for improving the quality and effective use of research on abortion. ACORCA-COARCA was formed in late 2024 and was originally comprised of 16 Founding Member institutions from across East, South, Central, and West Africa,
including universities, research and training institutions and non-governmental organizations. We
are fully bi-lingual in English and French, ensuring engagement from different sub-regions.
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