@article{fdi:010087053,
  title = {{R}eproductive health governance : availability and professional use of misoprostol in {B}enin and {B}urkina {F}aso},
  author = {{D}rabo, {S}. and {O}uattara, {F}atoumata and {B}axerres, {C}arine and {G}uillaume, {A}gn{\`e}s},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}isoprostol  is  effective  not  only  for  gastroenterology  indications  but  also  for  reproductive  health-related  conditions  and  for  the  reduction  of  maternal  mortality.  {T}he  use  of  misoprostol  is  well  documented  in  {L}atin  {A}merica,  where  it  is  widely  used  for  abortions.  {H}owever,  scant  knowledge exists regarding its use in {A}frican contexts. {I}n this study, we describe and analyse the conditions of the professional use of misoprostol in {B}enin and {B}urkina {F}aso. {W}e ask the following questions : {H}ow accepted is misoprostol in {B}enin and {B}urkina {F}aso ? {W}hat was the process leading to the official recognition of misoprostol in both countries ? {W}hich actors were involved  in  this  process ?  {H}ow  do  health  care  workers  perceive  and  use  misoprostol  in  the  context of care ? {T}heoretically, we use the concepts 'social life of medicine' and 'reproductive governance' to analyse the position of misoprostol within the broader system of health policy, as well as its professional usage within the health care system. {T}he fieldwork conducted in {B}enin and {B}urkina {F}aso highlights the conditions of the institutional acceptability of the drug and the logics underlying the use and non-use of misoprostol by health workers in both countries. {T}he article highlights the social life of misoprostol by showing how the governance surrounding its use contributes to the development and cultivation of suspicions towards the drug among health care providers and institutional actors - suspicions that consequently restrict the availability of misoprostol as a medical therapeutic option},
  keywords = {{BENIN} ; {BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ordic {J}ournal of {A}frican {S}tudies},
  volume = {31},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {224--244},
  ISSN = {1235-4481},
  year = {2022},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087053},
}