Ipas Nepal provides technical support to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) to initiate and expand Safe Abortion Services (SAS) as well as expand contraception and protection of individuals’ rights to bodily autonomy and reproductive health decisions.

Dr. Deeb Shrestha Dangol holds a master’s degree in Obstetric and Gynecology with 8 years of experience in clinical practice and as a trainer for safe abortion and contraception services. She has been engaged with Ipas Nepal for 12 years now. She ensures clinical compliance for Ipas Nepal and working partners, provides evidence-based and technical support for policy formulation and supports capacity building and program monitoring at the national as well as international levels for SAS. Deeb has contributed in developing and updating the national safe abortion and contraception learning resource package, integration of safe abortion services (SAS) in national reproductive health guidelines, scale-up strategy for integration of safe abortion services.