Morbidity and mortality following induced abortion in Nnewi, Nigeria

JI Ikechebelu, CC Okoli - Tropical doctor, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
We present a study of the maternal morbidity and mortality among 76 patients treated at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi for complications of induced abortion …

[PDF][PDF] Challenge for unsafe abortion

S Intaraprasert, N Boonthai - JOURNAL-MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF …, 2005 - Citeseer
Each year over 20 million women, largely in developing nations, resort to unsafe abortion to
end their unintended pregnancies, often jeopardizing their lives and health by self-inducing …

Access to safe abortion in Uganda: leveraging opportunities through the harm reduction model

M Mulumba, C Kiggundu, J Nassimbwa… - … of Gynecology & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Access to safe and legal abortion services is a far reach for women and girls in Uganda.
Although unsafe abortion rates have fallen from 54 to 39 per 1000 women aged 15–45 …

[HTML][HTML] An unusual complication of unsafe abortion

S Gupta, H Chauhan, G Goel… - Journal of Family and …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
An unusual complication of unsafe abortion : Journal of Family and Community Medicine An
unusual complication of unsafe abortion : Journal of Family and Community Medicine Log in …

Abortion and maternal mortality in the developing world

F Okonofua - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2006 - Elsevier
Unsafe abortion is an important public health problem, accountingfor 13% of maternal
mortality in developing countries. Of anestimated annual 70 000 deaths from unsafe …

Why women are dying from unsafe abortion: narratives of Ghanaian abortion providers

CM Payne, MP Debbink, EA Steele… - African journal of …, 2013 - journals.co.za
In Ghana, despite the availability of safe, legally permissible abortion services, high rates of
morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion persist. Through interviews with Ghanaian …

Safe abortion in South Africa:“We have wonderful laws but we don't have people to implement those laws”

M Favier, JMS Greenberg… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In South Africa, abortion was legalized in 1996, during the nation's transition from
apartheid to independence and democracy, under the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy …

Morbidity and mortality due to unsafe abortion in Pakistan

Z Shaikh, RM Abbassi, N Rizwan, S Abbasi - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of women who had undergone an unsafe
abortion and attended a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan with complications. METHODS …

Liberalisation of abortion laws in Nigeria: the undergraduates' perspective

EO Orji, AB Adeyemi, OA Esimai - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Nothing in the field of health care generates more controversy than does the issue of
abortion. The views of 396 undergraduates of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria …

Abortion care in Ghana: a critical review of the literature

SD Rominski, JR Lori - African journal of reproductive health, 2014 - journals.co.za
Abstract The Government of Ghana has taken important steps to mitigate the impact of
unsafe abortion. However, the expected decline in maternal deaths is yet to be realized. This …