We, the 112 participants of" Action to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Africa: A Regional
Consultation on Unsa Abortion," which took place on March 5-7, 2003, in Addis Ababa …

Despite decades of rhetoric by the international community, maternal mortality-or deaths of
women related to pregnancy and childbirth-remains stubbornly and unacceptably high in …

In 1994, at the Intemrnational Conference on Population and Development, the world's
govemnments recognised unsafe abortion as a major public health problem. They pledged …

Ten years ago, a meeting where participants openly discussed unsafe abortion's tragic toll
on the lives and health of African women, such as was held in March 2003 in Addis Ababa …

While women in all parts of the world experience induced abortion, it is in sub-Saharan
Africa that abortion exerts its most deleterious negative consequences for human health and …

Maternal mortality and morbidity rates are very high in Africa. A large proportion of these
deaths is attributed to unsafe abortion. The International Federation of Gynecology and …

It is estimated that nearly 70,000 women die annually from the complications of unsafe
abortion around the world. Over 69,000 of these deaths occur in developing countries while …

Most of Africa's 54 countries have restrictive abortion laws, outdated remnants of former
colonial laws that result in nearly five million unsafe abortions annually. To stem maternal …

BACKGROUND: The 1990–2008 estimates for the maternal mortality associated with unsafe
abortion require a re-examination. OBJECTIVE: To provide the latest estimates of the …

Along with governments from around the world, African leaders agreed at the International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994 to address unsafe abortion as …