Our Programs
The ACOG Foundation delivers several programs designed to help medical professionals improve the lives of all people seeking ob-gyn care.
The ACOG Foundation is dedicated to improving access to evidence-based reproductive health care and supporting health care professionals in providing care to their patients.
Reproductive Health
Optimizing Care for Pregnancy Loss Program
Our Optimizing Care for Pregnancy Loss Program focuses on the use of mifepristone and misoprostol for medication management of early pregnancy loss and manual vacuum aspiration for procedural management.
We focus on states and institutions where abortion is restricted and where training on abortion care has become more limited.
How It Helps
This past year, we trained 311 participants in Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Illinois, and three locations in Texas after which we saw notable increases in participants’ confidence in diagnosing early pregnancy loss and engaging in shared decision-making.
Learn more about the Optimizing Care for Pregnancy Loss Program.
Postpartum Contraceptive Access Initiative
Our Postpartum Contraceptive Access Initiative supports the implementation of immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception to ensure the full range of postpartum contraceptive methods are available in underserved communities.
How It Helps
Learn more about the Postpartum Contraceptive Access Initiative.
Implementing Progress in Abortion Care and Training (IMPACT) Program
Clinical trainings provided through ACOG’s IMPACT Program focus on the provision of evidence-based medication abortion care and manual vacuum aspiration for abortion early in pregnancy.
How It Helps
This year, our team conducted 11 IMPACT trainings and two implementation calls on abortion, contraception, and miscarriage for 255 participants and saw significant increases in participants’ confidence in performing evaluations before and after medication abortion and manual vacuum aspiration.
Effective Conversations and Media Engagement
Our Building Evidence-Based Skills for Effective Conversations about Abortion workshops help health care professionals develop skills needed for constructive discourse on abortion.
Learn more about building evidence-based skills for effective conversations about abortion.
Quality and Safety
We’re working to improve patient safety and health care quality in obstetrics and gynecology. Quality in Action is a quality improvement and patient safety initiative housed under the ACOG Foundation. Grounded in ACOG’s clinical rigor, safety standards, and evidence-based guidelines, Quality in Action is dedicated to improving the quality and safety of obstetric and gynecologic care across the United States.
How It Helps
Through Quality in Action, the ACOG Foundation partners directly with hospitals, health systems, and clinical teams to provide hands-on support.
Emergencies in Clinical Obstetrics Training
The ACOG Foundation helps fund an in-person Emergencies in Clinical Obstetrics (ECO) training the day before ACOG’s Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting, featuring a Train the Trainers course and a hands-on practicum. Both sessions focus on how to manage five common obstetric emergencies: vaginal breech delivery, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, umbilical cord prolapse, and hypertensive urgency or eclampsia.
How It Helps
Public Health
ACOG’s public health programs advance evidence-based guidance, education, and tools to address current and emerging public health challenges and ultimately improve the health of patients and communities. Together, these programs focus on prevention, preparedness, and access to high-quality care across diverse ob-gyn practice settings.
Our Programs
Critical Access and Rural Health
Strengthens access to ob-gyn care in rural and underserved communities through training, education, and legislative advocacy for innovative, team-based models of care developed in collaboration with national and local partners.
Learn more about Critical Access and Rural Health
Early Onset Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancers
Supports clinicians by providing evidence-based guidance, education, and clinical resources related to breast cancer and the five major gynecologic cancers—cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar—to promote timely detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
Learn more about Early Onset Breast and Gynecologic Cancers
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
Provides clinicians and patients with up-to-date guidance and educational resources on vaccines, infectious diseases, and emerging public health threats.
Learn more about Immunization and Infectious Disease
Obstetric Emergencies in Nonobstetric Settings
Enhances readiness among nonobstetric clinicians, including ED, EMS, and urgent care professionals, to identify and manage obstetric emergencies in pregnant and postpartum patients through targeted education, resources, and cross-specialty partnerships.
Learn more about Obstetric Emergencies in Nonobstetric Settings
Preventive Care
Disseminates evidence-based recommendations and resources for clinicians aligned with national recommendations for women’s preventive care services that are covered without cost sharing. Topics include cancer screening, anxiety, obesity, contraception, and more, with the aim of improving patients’ access to vital preventive care.
Learn more about Preventive Care
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Do you have questions about the ACOG Foundation’s public health programs? Contact us at [email protected].